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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft has unfolded its silvery sails, which will be propelled by the force of sunlight to demonstrate solar sailing

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India's Chandrayaan-2 missions takes off

Space

India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Apollo 11 looks like yesterday in new TV show using restored footage

Apollo 11 looks like yesterday in new TV show using restored footage

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Mystery of universe’s expansion deepens with new cosmic calculation

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India’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2 delayed just before launch

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James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

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The universe

Space

Something is seriously wrong with our understanding of the cosmos

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India is about to launch a lander and rover to the moon’s south pole

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In this picture taken on July 10, 2019 a man walks past a screen displaying a computer-generated image of the Hayabusa2 probe, during a news broadcast at Akihabara district in Tokyo. - Japan's Hayabusa2 probe landed successfully on a distant asteroid for a final touchdown on July 11, 2019, hoping to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system

Space

Hayabusa 2 lands on distant asteroid and collects another sample

Japan's spacecraft Hayabusa 2 has again successfully landed on a distant asteroid and completed its mission of collecting underground samples

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Space

The moon race was about short-termism and control – we can do better

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Quiz: How good is your knowledge of the moon?

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Space

Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded space travel firm

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Space

Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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