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Space

Team moon vs team Mars: the battle over the future of NASA

Decades of infighting and political interference have got NASA no closer to landing astronauts on the moon or Mars. Can its new leader spark a relaunch?

Insight

space launch system

Space

Giant rocket simulator helps engineers tweak before first launch

Regulars

Earth

Space

Crewed missions to the moon and Mars need dreamers and doers

Leader

Trump has directed the US military to establish a Space Force

Space

Trump has directed the US military to establish a Space Force

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Spiders can ‘fly’ because they make near-invisible paragliders

Life

Spiders can ‘fly’ because they make near-invisible paragliders

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Richard Branson

Space

Why Richard Branson's promises about space tourism are empty

Comment

The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

Space

The New Horizons probe is awake and ready for its next flyby

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Astronauts in space

Space

Cosmic cooperation is just what space exploration needs

Leader

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

Physics

‘Impossible’ EM drive doesn’t seem to work after all

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China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side

Space

China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side

A satellite launched on 21 May will allow China's upcoming moon lander – the first to visit the far side – to receive commands and send data back to Earth

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Space

ESA eyes Venus mission or space telescope to launch by 2030

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Space

NASA sent a robot to the Red Planet to listen for marsquakes

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Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

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Space

Lunar X Prize to put a rover on the moon has been resurrected

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