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As astronaut's helmet reflecting a spaceship

Health

Astronauts may have vision problems because of liquid in their brains

In microgravity, astronauts’ brains fill with fluid and it doesn’t drain for months after they return to Earth, which may be why their vision worsens

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Space

From the archives: How do you get astronauts back from space?

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SpaceX's Falcon Heavy

Space

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket has flown its first commercial flight

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Israel's Beresheet lunar lander has crashed on the moon

Space

Israel's Beresheet lunar lander has crashed on the moon

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A laser pushes a mini spacecraft's light sail in this artist's impression

Space

A mission to Alpha Centauri affirms humanity's faith in the future

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Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

Space

Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

Features

A flying car

Technology

Flying cars could be greener than electric ones in some circumstances

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Space

NASA's method of paying for its giant rocket belongs in the Apollo era

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Space

Sorry, but NASA probably isn't sending astronauts to the moon in 2024

Insight

The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

Space

The weird and wonderful inner moons of Saturn revealed by Cassini

Saturn has a smorgasbord of little moons. The final few orbits the Cassini spacecraft made before it disintegrated in the planet’s atmosphere allowed it to observe five of the planet’s small inner moons up close.

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Space

Our most pressing space mission is to clear decades of orbiting junk

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Space

There’s so much junk in space that our satellites will soon be at risk

Features

Space

NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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Technology

Crashed Boeing 737s lacked upgrades that could have warned pilots

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