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Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

The first women-only spacewalk is a cause for celebration, but we are still a long way from achieving equality in our space programmes

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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UK and other EU countries ban Boeing 737 Max after Ethiopia crash

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Two days remain until the planned liftoff of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket—the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans. Liftoff is targeted for 2:49 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission to the International Space Station serves as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities.

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SpaceX is about to launch a dummy astronaut called Ripley to the ISS

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Virgin Galactic reaches space again - this time with a passenger

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First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

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First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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Anu Ojha: Will humans make it to Mars?

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Anu Ojha: Will humans make it to Mars?

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Taking an elevator into space could actually happen. Here's how

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We could drill water wells in Martian ice to survive on the Red Planet

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We could drill water wells in Martian ice to survive on the Red Planet

Future Martian explorers will need water if they are going to survive. They may be able to melt it out of underground ice sheets using a type of well already used in Antarctica

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Ultima Thule is a snowman-shaped rock covered in weird ice

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NASA probe will hurtle past the most distant object we’ve ever visited

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The world's great nations are revisiting the moon. But where's Europe?

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Virgin Galactic claims its first successful flight to edge of space

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