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Space junk collector burns up after hitting snag in first test
A JAXA spacecraft designed to clear Earth's neighbourhood of debris with an electrified cable re-entered the atmosphere this morning after a failed mission
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Tiny spacecraft could brake at exoplanet using alien starlight
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When computers were human: The black women behind NASA’s success
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Katherine Johnson: The brilliant woman who got the US into space
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Lost in space: Two books on the forgotten women of astroscience
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Metal asteroid and Trojans selected for next NASA missions
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Four extreme environments where humans are tasting life on Mars
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Life
My year on Mars: Frontier life of a space doctor
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Earth
Large asteroid impacts may be rare, but we should be prepared
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Space silhouettes: Giant monuments celebrate Soviet supremacy
Moscow is filled with monuments to the space race, when the Soviet Union battled it out with the US. Danila Tkachenko captured the spirit of the age
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Cassini’s grand finale will see orbiter plunge into Saturn
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Virgin Galactic takes first solo glide flight since 2014 crash
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Humans
Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole after falling ill
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Private moon mission plans to revisit Apollo 17 landing site
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