The Space Launch System will start rolling out to its launchpad a few days ahead of schedule. It is headed to space for the first time as early as August 29th.

Approach splits atmospheric carbon dioxide, but still has kinks to work out.

American spaceman Kjell Lindgren says the encounter “may be my favourite so far”.

At a time when astronomers around the world are reveling in new views of the distant cosmos, an experiment on the International Space Station has given Cornell researchers fresh insight into something a little closer to home: water.