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China's Jade Rabbit rover pronounced dead on the moon

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China's Jade Rabbit rover pronounced dead on the moon

Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, has been officially declared dead. Mechanical problems caused by lunar dust is a top suspect for the loss of function

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Red star rising: China's ascent to space superpower

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Red star rising: China's ascent to space superpower

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Lunar law row hots up as NASA enters private moon rush

Space

Lunar law row hots up as NASA enters private moon rush

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Mini space shuttle gears up to chase astronaut dreams

Space

Mini space shuttle gears up to chase astronaut dreams

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Orion's life-support module prepares for launch

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Orion's life-support module prepares for launch

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Japan's huge magnetic net will trawl for space junk

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Japan's huge magnetic net will trawl for space junk

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Snooze-button glitch delayed Rosetta's wake-up

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Snooze-button glitch delayed Rosetta's wake-up

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Up and at 'em: Rosetta craft gaining on target comet

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Up and at 'em: Rosetta craft gaining on target comet

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Billion-dollar call: Waiting for Rosetta to phone home

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Billion-dollar call: Waiting for Rosetta to phone home

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Wake up and smell the comet: Rousing the Rosetta probe

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Wake up and smell the comet: Rousing the Rosetta probe

Asleep in the dark near Jupiter, a spacecraft is almost ready to make the first ever landing on a comet – if we can wake it. Stuart Clark joins mission control

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Life

Astronaut gut reaction: The microbiome in space

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Moth drone stays rock steady in gale-force winds

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Cygnus launch sparks science boom in low Earth orbit

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See the sound a helicopter makes caught on camera

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