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We now have more than half a century of space exploration behind us. The technology and design of spacecraft has advanced massively since we first managed to send an object out of the Earth’s gravitational pull in 1959. Space Probes: 50 years of exploration from Luna 1 to New Horizons, a new book by Philippe Séguéla, tours through images taken of – or by – the robotic pioneers that have taught us so much about our neighbouring planets.
