NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman are due to conduct the first spacewalk of 2026 outside the International Space Station. How to watch.

The Artemis II mission will return humans to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in more than half a century.

However, entrepreneurs are also devoting their time to helping people with disabilities reach far above the surface of the planet. In a record-breaking first, German engineer Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user to travel to outer space, DW reports. She’s now inspiring others to follow their dreams.

Given the mounting number of objects in orbit, this is likely to be a more regular occurrence. It's costly in terms of damage to equipment, and increasingly a threat to life. When a piece of debris hits another object in space, it can also create more space debris, adding to the problem.