Steve Parker

Space stations, including Skylab, Mir and the ISS are a vital outposts of scientific endeavour. Although only the ISS remains in orbit, the story of…

More than 3,000 satellites have been placed in orbit around Earth since the very first, Sputnik 1, made history in 1957. Satellites perform a huge…

Every planet in our solar system and some of the moons and other space objects have been visited by at least one probe and in…

Most of space is a mystery, but astronomers and scientists have spent years studying some of the biggest questions, such as what are black holes,…

From the first rockets to leave Earth's atmosphere and the animals that made brave journeys into space, such as Laika the Soviet stray dog, to…

In this series, you get behind the wheel of vehicles that rule! Discover just what machines can do, and take a look at what makes…