How to watch William Shatner launch into space on Blue Origin

Star Trek actor and three others to take brief journey to the edge of space on Wednesday

Elon Musk’s SpaceX suit: James Bond meets James T Kirk

The spacesuit looks like 007’s tuxedo, if it was redesigned for the starship Enterprise

Mission to Mars: No humans need apply

Nasa’s AI expert Steve Chien says Captain Kirk can stand aside, as it will be robots that will boldly go where no man has gone

Patrick Freyne picks the best TV shows on the way for Autumn

Alison Spittle’s new show; David Simon in NYC; and a doc on the most famous Irish person ever: Shergar

Star Trek Into Darkness

Hadfield’s space odyssey widens social media orbit

Thanks to the captain of the International Space Station, we earthlings are getting to know about life in space and gaining a view of our own world from a different angle