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Space

Giant rocket simulator helps engineers tweak before first launch

The Space Launch System (SLS) will be the most powerful rocket ever built. But a rocket like this needs more than brawn – it needs brains, too, and a lot of testing

Regulars

Earth

Space

Crewed missions to the moon and Mars need dreamers and doers

Leader

Trump has directed the US military to establish a Space Force

Space

Trump has directed the US military to establish a Space Force

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CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Technology

CERN-inspired artwork HALO will make the invisible, visible

Culture

Richard Branson

Space

Why Richard Branson's promises about space tourism are empty

Comment

The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

Space

The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

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Astronauts in space

Space

Cosmic cooperation is just what space exploration needs

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Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space

Earth

Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space

Regulars

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

Physics

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

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China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side

Space

China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side

A satellite launched on 21 May will allow China's upcoming moon lander – the first to visit the far side – to receive commands and send data back to Earth

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Space

Stunning first image sent back by NASA’s planet-hunter satellite

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Space

ESA eyes Venus mission or space telescope to launch by 2030

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Space

NASA sent a robot to the Red Planet to listen for marsquakes

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Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

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