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3D-printed rocket engine gets its first fiery test

Space

3D-printed rocket engine gets its first fiery test

It's not just for trinkets – NASA has now used 3D printing to create a crucial part of a rocket engine

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Race to Mars: Who will be first to the Red Planet?

Life

Race to Mars: Who will be first to the Red Planet?

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Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy

Life

Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy

News

Flowery return for China's longest-lasting astronauts

Space

Flowery return for China's longest-lasting astronauts

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Genetic medicine hints at bloodletting for astronauts

Space

Genetic medicine hints at bloodletting for astronauts

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Space

New NASA astronauts headed for destinations unknown

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New lease of life for hobbled planet-hunter Kepler

Space

New lease of life for hobbled planet-hunter Kepler

News

China inches closer to building its own space station

Space

China inches closer to building its own space station

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Heavy Einstein spaceship will leave a glamorous legacy

Space

Heavy Einstein spaceship will leave a glamorous legacy

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Skylab: The trailblazing outpost in space

Space

Skylab: The trailblazing outpost in space

Forty years on from Skylab's launch, we look back at how the space station taught us much about how humans perform in orbit and how to design future craft

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Life

'Dawn bird' sees Archaeopteryx return to bird fold

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Space

Return trips to Mars pose unacceptable radiation risk

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Space

Xenon-ion engine makes space travel a rhapsody in blue

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Space

It's time to start mining the moon

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