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Artist's impression of Dragon 2 capsule landing on Mars

Space

SpaceX says it will fly to Mars in 2018 – what are its chances?

The timeline could slip, but industry experts are remarkably optimistic about Elon Musk's company's chances of landing a craft on Mars in the next few years

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Life

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Dawn probe with beam of blue light come from the front

Physics

NASA's Dawn probe may visit third asteroid after Ceres and Vesta

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A quadcopter style drone in the sky

Technology

How can we keep aircraft safe from future drone strikes?

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Space

Space station turf war is coming – who will own low Earth orbit?

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Space

SpaceX lands reusable rocket on a barge after four failures

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Alpha Centauri

Space

Billionaire pledges $100m to send spaceships to Alpha Centauri

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Artwork of an asteroid zooming away from us with lots of cogs and engine parts attached to its backside

Space

Our top 5 wacky NASA missions that might just happen

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Artist's impression of Bigelow Aerospace's B330 modules in space

Space

Private inflatable space station could be launched in 2020

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NASA recovers prized Kepler space telescope after emergency

Space

NASA recovers prized Kepler space telescope after emergency

The flagship spacecraft in the search for exoplanets has switched on its emergency mode just prior to a new phase of operations

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Space

Inflatable space hotel to be tested by space station crew

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Space

Same Blue Origin rocket reaches space and lands for third time

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Earth

Colonise Mars as humanity's plan B? It's a dangerous fantasy

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Space

Pluto: A whole new world in 5 strange photos

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