Newly released video shows the moment a recovery crew opens the hatch of Artemis II's Orion capsule to a joyful reunion with the four astronauts inside. Cheers broke out as the crew - Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen - were all found to be safe and well after splashdown on Friday 10 April. The historic mission saw the four astronauts travel further from Earth than any human has ever gone.
The new record surpasses the previous official hydrogen combustion title set in 2004 by more than double the speed. Organisers say 23 runners from seven countries took part in races at the Arctic's geographic North Pole. The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina to the ISS for an eight-month mission.
Sophia Herod has some tips for helping animals that might visit your garden or neighbourhood. See how the powerful storm is expected to move across east Asia on Saturday. This occurrence of aurora australis, or Southern Lights, was captured by Nasa astronaut Jessica Meir.
A volunteer diver has described shaking as he filmed his encounter with an endangered Great White shark between Tunisia and Sicily. A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night. In a video message from Buckingham Palace, wildlife helps the King deliver a birthday card for Sir David Attenborough.
The forest where the Sumatran orangutans live has been split by a road. Steve Backshall spotted two of the UK's last surviving orcas which he described as one of his "greatest British wildlife moments". France's Eiffel Tower and Barcelona's Sagrada Família Basilica were among the famous global landmarks that went dark for an hour on Saturday night.
The 98m tall Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft made a four mile journey from their assembly building to Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Tenerife hit by snow as Storm Therese batters Canary Islands BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains what happens if an astronaut gets ill in space. From meteor showers to supermoons, here are some of the sights that wowed stargazers this year.
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