Planning for more advanced missions to other destinations in space pose new challenges for space suit engineers. Find out why the space suits worn to the moon aren't going to be right for Mars exploration
The tools that space walkers use in outer space look surprisingly similar to those found in a local hardware shop - but they have to be much stronger. Find out more
The most important star humanity has ever known, and worshipped throughout history, the sun is constantly providing our heat and light from 92 million miles away. But what happens if the sun dies?
Over the next few billion years our planet will gradually become inhospitable for life. This means that future generations are going to have to find somewhere else to live.
The International Space Station (ISS) will be the most complex spacecraft ever built. It is meant to be a stop over for other space destination, and building it will be a major task
Space is loaded with asteroids with the potential to cause incredible damage to the Earth. A 2 mile wide asteroid could obliterate everything in a 600 mile radius. Solar Empire investigates how we could protect the Earth from meteors.
The moon, not Mars, has been suggested as the site of the first human colony in space. But before any normal folk can set up camp, it will need to be visited many times by scientists.
Asteroids, comets and meteors could be harmful to Earth upon impact, and although it sounds like science fiction, our atmospheric armour has pierced on numerous occasions throughout history.
Space suits look amazing when completed, but who puts all of the pieces together to make such an important product? The factory that created the space suits was under a lot of pressure, but the hard work paid off.