The week in TV: Alice & Jack; The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth; The New Look; Bring the Drama – review
TV review
The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth review – the finest possible tribute to the astronauts who lost their lives
November 2023
Ken Mattingly obituary
Astronaut who orbited the moon on Apollo 16 and was instrumental in saving the stricken Apollo 13
October 2023
Amazon launches first two prototype satellites into space – video
Jeff Bezos's tech giant races to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX after launching its first two prototype satellites into space
September 2023
A Million Miles Away review – charming space biopic tells an inspiring story
Book of the day
The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush review – spaceflight pioneer portraits
November 2022
Debris from Challenger shuttle disaster found off Florida coast
Dive team discovered space vehicle ‘artifact’ from 1986 explosion that killed all seven astronauts onboard, including civilian teacher
April 2022
Mind that satellite! The mission to clean up dangerous space junk
As soon as we left the planet, we began leaving rubbish in orbit. Now it is putting space stations and astronauts at risk. What can be done about the millions of pieces of debris?
February 2022
International Space Station will plummet to a watery grave in 2031
Nasa confirmed the ISS will plunge into Point Nemo to join other decommissioned space stations, satellites and space debris
January 2022
Nasa’s Webb telescope is a joy. But it’s the private ventures that push at limits
Martin Rees
Spacefaring adventurers, living and experimenting with new technology, could potentially spawn a post-human era
September 2021
Green light
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch site threatens wildlife, Texas environmental groups say
The site in Boca Chica, south Texas is surrounded by protected lands that host a huge range of local wildlife including turtles and hundreds of bird species
June 2021
The tech billionaire space race: who is Jeff Bezos up against?
As Amazon founder prepares to jet off in his Blue Origin vessel, can he compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX?
April 2021
Revive the US space program? How about not
Nicholas Russell
Space exploration is an incredibly expensive and unnecessary way to ignore the many problems here on earth
January 2021
From the Guardian archive
US space shuttle Challenger explodes after take-off – archive, 1986
29 January 1986: millions watch as NASA’s space shuttle Challenger explodes in the skies above Cape Canaveral, Florida, moments after launch
December 2020
Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon returns safely
Unmanned Chang’e-5 probe returns to Earth after first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples
November 2020
Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission – in pictures
Play time
Reach for the Stars review – high-flying heroines take children to infinity and beyond
October 2020
The Challenger disaster: we can't say we weren't warned about American hubris
Emma Brockes
Netflix’s documentary about the 1986 space shuttle tragedy is a timely meditation on the perils of exceptionalism, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
September 2020
'The moment the dream died': inside a Netflix series on the Challenger disaster
Challenger: The Final Flight, a four-part docuseries produced by JJ Abrams, retells an infamous tragedy from those who were there
April 2020
No TV, no sat nav, no internet: how to fix space's junk problem – video
As Elon Musk's Starlink and Jeff Bezos's Project Kuiper race to create high-speed internet using satellites orbiting Earth, there's a small problem that could get in the way: debris
