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Astronauts in mock cockpit

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Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon

Before anyone had been to space, NASA simulated everything that could go possibly wrong – efforts that averted catastrophe as the Apollo 11 crew were about to land

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Radio telescope

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Jodrell Bank Observatory honoured with UNESCO World Heritage status

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Has anyone ever died in space?

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Has anyone ever died in space?

Astronaut

Health

Astronauts don't seem to be dying from exposure to space radiation

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

The Milky Way

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The Milky Way

Life on Mars

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Life on Mars

Space Shuttle Columbia blasts off on the first space shuttle mission STS-1

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The space shuttle

Damaged Apollo 13 Service Module

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Apollo 13

How many people have walked on the moon?

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How many people have walked on the moon?

Just 12 people have walked on the moon, all between 1969 and 1972.

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Apollo 11 moon landing

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The first space walk

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Yuri Gagarin

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Sputnik 1

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