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Swabbing for microbes in space

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NASA says the International Space Station is covered in bacteria

NASA has catalogued all the bacteria and fungi on the ISS to help better prepare for future missions to Mars

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rocket launch

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NASA's method of paying for its giant rocket belongs in the Apollo era

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moon

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Sorry, but NASA probably isn't sending astronauts to the moon in 2024

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The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

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The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

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space junk

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Our most pressing space mission is to clear decades of orbiting junk

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spinning Earth artwork

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There’s so much junk in space that our satellites will soon be at risk

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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woman astronaut cartoon

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

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ISS toilet

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Toilet on International Space Station gets a bacteria-killing upgrade

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Ultima Thule, a distant space rock with two lobes like a bowling pin

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Distant space rock Ultima Thule formed in a slow and gentle collision

New images of the most distant space rock we have ever visited show that it has mysterious bright spots and stripes, and that it probably formed in a slow-motion collision

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Revealed: First image of huge meteor explosion over Earth last year

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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Mae Jemison: The astronaut plotting a journey to other stars

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At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

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