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The four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission

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NASA is performing an unprecedented medical evacuation from the ISS

One of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station is undergoing a “medical situation”, forcing NASA to bring the crew home early for the first time ever

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BepiColombo mission will start to unpick Mercury's secrets in 2026

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Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright

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Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright

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John Glenn during the fiery re-entry, holding steadfast, believing his heatshield had come loose and he may burn up in the atmosphere - the capsule is illuminated in orange light due to intense heat.

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NASA's first space photos restored in stunning detail

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The northern lights, or aurora borealis, in the UK in 2024

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Why auroras are so much brighter and more easily visible recently

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CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines

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Jupiter's moon Ganymede could be a giant dark matter detector

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New Horizons images enable first test of interstellar navigation

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Caption The ICEPIC sampling tool drilling into the ice at sampling site A of the Matanuska Glacier, AK, field trial. Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech

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See the robot that may one day search for life on Jupiter's icy moon

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EWXH9C THE MARTIAN (2015) MATT DAMON RIDLEY SCOTT (DIR)

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A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist

In highly politicised times, is living off-world something we should entertain, let alone do? Adriana Marais's futurist dream Out of This World and Into the Next feels tone deaf

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Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

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We could make solar panels on the moon by melting lunar dust

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NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more

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German company set for first commercial rocket launch from Europe

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