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2XGTH8A In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore give a news conference aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (NASA via AP)

Space

The Starliner stranding shows why NASA was wise to have a backup plan

Space missions are extremely hard. Things going wrong should be expected, so having a sensible plan B is crucial

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Space

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew set to attempt the riskiest spacewalk yet

News

Space

Stranded ISS astronauts reveal the US space programme is not in crisis

Analysis

Space

JWST found rogue worlds that blur the line between stars and planets

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Chandra X-ray Observatory

Space

Why we need to save the Chandra space telescope

Comment

Illustration of NASA's Europa Clipper passing Europa

Video

Sam Howell: ‘One day we might look for life directly on Europa’

Video

Space

Lightning can make energy waves that travel shockingly far into space

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Physics

How Einstein was both right and wrong about gravitational waves

News

Space

Two NASA astronauts may be stuck on the space station until February

News

Southern Africa from the Station's

Space

Critics of the International Space Station are missing the point

As the International Space Station comes to the end of its life, we should recognise its biggest achievement – showing that a better world is possible

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Space

Five of the most important International Space Station experiments

Features

Space

Inside NASA’s ambitious plan to bring the ISS crashing back to Earth

Features

Space

Banana-shaped galaxies are helping unpeel the mysteries of dark matter

News

Space

The best new science fiction books of August 2024

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