The ESA and Russia are experimenting with a simulated manned flight to Mars, called Mars 500, at the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow. The mission is testing the ability of astronauts to cope with the isolation and stress of outer space.

The European Space Agency announced that the InterSystems Caché high-performance object database will be used to support the scientific processing of its Gaia mission to map the Milky Way galaxy.

It's interesting what you can see when you have somewhere new to stand and look.  The SOHO probe launched by NASA and ESA recently observed a train of comets crashing into the sun.

The space agencies for the United States, Russia, Canada, Europe, and Japan are eager to use the International Space Station for expanded scientific experiments, possibly through the year 2028.

What is being called the largest space window, the seven windows of Cupola onboard the International Space Station were unveiled on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, when astronauts opened the windows’ shutters on this newly installed space observation deck.

NASA astronomer Brian Jackson has presented information that the exosolar planet Corot-7b is vaporating due to its decreasing distance to its parent star. Its molten surface is so hot that the planet is slowly evaporating due to extreme temperatures of upwards of 1,980 degrees Celsius (3,600 degree Fahrenheit).

Two missions within the ExoMars Programme have been approved by the Council of the European Space Agency (ESA). Both missions, the first orbiting about the planet and the second roving on the surface, will look for potential life on the planet.

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is flying toward Earth on its third and final flyby. It took a dramatic picture of its home planet Earth on November 12, 2009, for all Earthlings to see.

The latest Optus satellite was put into orbit this weekend by an Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift launcher.

The International Space Station now has a six-person crew.