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James Webb space telescope

An artist's impression showing a small robot with four legs and gecko-like feet crawling over the outside of a spacecraft, with the surface of Earth visible over the top of the page

Space

Gecko Gripper blasts off to help design space-crawling robots

Tuesday's Cygnus launch to the International Space Station carried material inspired by gecko feet. It could help robots crawl over the ISS's exterior

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Elliot crater

Space

Pluto: A whole new world in 5 strange photos

Features

NASA is sending a 3D printer and a fire starter to the ISS

Space

NASA is sending a 3D printer and a fire starter to the ISS

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Space

Space X reusable rocket won't be reused after heavy landing

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Space

ExoMars probe set to sniff out signs of life on the Red Planet

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Space

Twin who spent a year on the ISS returns to Earth

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The International Space Station

Space

Astronauts may respond faster to warning voices than alarm tones

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Space

Virgin Galactic claims new 'Unity' spaceship fixes safety issues

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Space

Can big money make big dreams come true?

Leader

Lighthouse

Space

Galactic GPS: How dead stars will guide us in deep space

Plotting a course through outer space is tricky, but stellar corpses called pulsars are pointing the way to a new form of celestial navigation

Features

Space

How Do You Find an Exoplanet? An insider account gives top tips

CultureLab

Space

NASA CubeSat missions will pave way for human space flight

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Space

Old 51¶¯Âþ: What has space ever done for us?

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Space

From Africa to the stars: Why Ethiopia needs a space programme

Opinion

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