NASA heads back to the Moon
This week Lunar Prospector was successfully launched towards the Moon. It is NASA's first lunar mission in over 25 years
Royal observatory could be split up and sold off
All 115 staff at the 320-year-old Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) in Cambridge stand to lose their jobs, after a management buy-out was rejected last week
Chile retains role
Chile has found the funds to remain part of the $184m Gemini partnership
Mission to Saturn back on track
The Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn and one of its moons, Titan, lifts off
