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Here’s how to see Mars disappear behind the Moon on 8 December

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Space

NASA’s Orion spacecraft enters lunar orbit

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Space

NASA’s Orion spacecraft enters lunar orbit

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Why we need to get back to Venus

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Just next door, cosmologically speaking, is a planet almost exactly like Earth. It’s about the same size, is made of about the same stuff and formed around the same star.

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Space

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan conduct spacewalk outside the ISS [live stream]

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NASA
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Space

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch AMOS-17 satellite [live stream]

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When Neil Armstrong died in 2012, it was officially put down to complications arising from heart surgery. But seven years on, more murky circumstances have come to light.

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Space

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches Crew Dragon on resupply mission to the ISS [live stream]

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry supplies and hardware to the orbiting laboratory to support the Expedition 60 crew, Elon Musk confirmed.

Juno Cam, Jupiter
Space

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Researchers used data from NASA’s Juno probe and found that the electric currents that go through Jupiter’s magnetosphere aren’t acting the way it should.

Lunar Rover and space robots
Space

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The Apollo 11 mission was the turning point and is comparable to the Wright brothers’ flight in 1903 that marked the beginning of the aviation industry.

Apollo 11 moon landing
Space

Mapping the Moon for Apollo

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The Moon always keeps the same face toward the Earth. But even on the side facing the Earth, the areas away from the center always appear distorted.

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Space

Listen: How humanity reacted to the moon landing and why it led to conspiracy theories [audio]

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One of the enduring legacies of the Apollo moon landings has been the conspiracy theories it generated. Many believe it was a hoax created by the US government.

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Space

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Space

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June’s Strawberry Moon will shine brightest on Monday evening and Tuesday morning. The ideal viewing time will be 22:30 on Monday, 17 June.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch
Space

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Space

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The BioSentinel mission was selected as one of the secondary payloads, and the sole biological experiment. The BioSentinel launch is scheduled for 2020.

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Space

SpaceX to launch 60 ‘Starlink’ Internet satellites on 24 May

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Cargo capsule to International Space Station
Space

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Space

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NASA brings us space adventures galore!

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