The Irish Times

Lunar Gateway: A way station on the road to Mars

The Gateway project puts a four-person crew in a space station in deep space, an important stepping stone for future explorations

Thu Jan 20 2022 - 01:00

Russian crew reaches International Space Station to make first film in space

Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko will film scenes for movie over 12 days

Tue Oct 05 2021 - 21:43

Smoke detector activated on International Space Station amid reports of burning smell

Alarm was set off in Russian service module, according to space agency Roscosmos

Thu Sept 09 2021 - 15:25

China launches first module of its new space station

Unmanned module contains what is planned to become living quarters for crew

Thu Apr 29 2021 - 08:51

SpaceX mission lifts off with Irish schoolgirls’ experiment on board

Computer code created by two Dublin teenagers is on way to International Space Station

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 14:54

Irish students hook up with International Space Station

Athlone Community College’s rapid-fire contact with craft moving at 27,600km/h

Mon Dec 07 2020 - 20:44

SpaceX capsule docks at International Space Station

Nasa astronauts arrive at station after 19-hour journey in Crew Dragon spacecraft

Sun May 31 2020 - 18:06

International Space Station returns to Irish skies on Friday and Saturday

Space station passing overhead is just one of several celestial events in the coming days

Fri Apr 03 2020 - 20:57

Nasa signals return to the moon within five years

Technology in place for mission to the moon for first time since 1972, says Tom Cremins

Fri Nov 08 2019 - 21:38

All-female spacewalk makes history at International Space Station

All-woman spacewalk cancelled in March due to one woman’s ill-fitting suit

Fri Oct 18 2019 - 13:42

Nasa will put a woman on the moon by 2024, says former astronaut

Cady Coleman says moon mission will provide ‘stepping stone’ for 2030s Mars landing

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 13:02

Apple’s ‘billion pockets’, latest Brexit poll and the jobs least at risk from automation

Planet Business: Nice day for a spacewalk?

Fri Mar 29 2019 - 05:18

Irish space tech company scores major deal with insurer Aon

Skytek enters into multi-million euro partnership to track marine assets via satellite

Tue Mar 05 2019 - 16:02

Dublin students make landmark call to space station

Tallaght school has ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to contact International Space Station

Thu Oct 19 2017 - 01:00

Google Street View docks with International Space Station

Weblog: Google employs new techniques to map journey of interconnected ISS modules

Thu Jul 27 2017 - 07:35

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket after 24-hour delay

Elon Musk said: ‘That 1% chance isn’t worth rolling the dice. Better to wait a day’

Sun Feb 19 2017 - 18:33

Nasa, Roscosmos and the reopening of the final frontier

Could Donald Trump’s presidency herald a new era of co-operation in space?

Thu Jan 26 2017 - 06:00

Irish pupils left in awe by live video call to space station

‘It was crazy seeing him floating about’ child says of encouter with astronaut Thomas Pesquet

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 19:51

Astronaut Tim Peake says alien life exists out in cosmos

On visit to Northern Ireland, space veteran says he believes humans will walk on Mars

Tue Oct 18 2016 - 21:07

Schiaparelli’s Mars landing will be a giant leap for Europe

European Space Agency’s ExoMars programme to determine if there’s life on Mars

Thu Sept 15 2016 - 01:00

Irishwoman named as one of Europe’s top female innovators

Skytek co-founder Dr Sarah Bourke is one of three winners of highly-regarded EU Prize

Fri Mar 11 2016 - 11:04

British astronaut Tim Peake completes first spacewalk

Operation called off early as water bubble detected in US colleague’s helmet

Sat Jan 16 2016 - 11:57

Spacewalk cut short after possible leak found in spacesuit helmet

Tim Peake and Tim Kopra are working at International Space Station

Fri Jan 15 2016 - 18:07

Chris Hadfield expresses disbelief over death of David Bowie

Former astronaut performed star’s song ‘Space Oddity’ in space

Thu Jan 14 2016 - 13:33

Irish researchers help develop radiation detector for ISS

Researchers at Tyndall National Institute in Cork work on ESA-sponsored project

Wed Jan 06 2016 - 08:27

British astronaut Major Tim Peake blasts into orbit

Peake is the first British astronaut to join the crew of the International Space Station

Tue Dec 15 2015 - 11:28

Mining asteroids – Hollywood hits on another great idea

‘Armageddon’ saw a mining crew drill into an asteroid. It’s not so far-fetched

Mon Nov 02 2015 - 10:00

NASA leads a new space race to outrun radiation

NASA may no longer rule space, but it is still a launchpad for technical innovation

Mon Sept 07 2015 - 08:00

Perseid meteor shower set to delight stargazers

Peak activity set for Wednesday night, with shooting stars at 20 times the usual rate

Tue Aug 11 2015 - 18:06

Russian rocket with Mexican satellite crashes in Siberia

Rocket carrying satellite suffered problem 500 seconds after launch from Kazakhstan

Sat May 16 2015 - 10:34

Gas leak prompts International Space Station evacuation

Astronauts move to Russian section of ISS following suspected ammonia leak

Wed Jan 14 2015 - 13:53

Chris Hadfield, Ireland’s favourite astronaut, returns to Dublin

‘I’ve done the things that are not only in my heart, but are worthwhile doing’

Mon Dec 15 2014 - 13:29

Astronaut Chris Hadfield receives gold medal from Trinity

Hadfield in Dublin to promote book featuring 150 photos taken from space

Sat Dec 13 2014 - 18:18

Even in space, bins still have to be put out

Software developed at Trinity will help space stations safely dispose of rubbish

Thu Oct 16 2014 - 01:40