By Liz Lee, Joey Roulette and Joe Brock BEIJING (Reuters) - China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, a landmark mission aiming to retrieve the world's first rock and soil samples from the dark

As humans continue to explore and exploit the vast expanse of space, a growing concern is emerging in the form of space debris. Space debris, also known as space junk or orbital debris, consists of defunct satellites, spent rocket stages, fragments from

Virgin Galactic's "Galactic 02" space mission, the first space tourism flight, was a success. The flight was on the VSS Unity spaceplane, with three crew members (one instructor and two pilots) and three tourists on board for a pleasure trip above Earth.