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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

Instead of taking a full toolkit into space, astronauts could take genetically engineered bacteria to make origami plastic and build the tools themselves

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Beyond Pluto: New Horizons probe aims for another unseen world

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Beyond Pluto: New Horizons probe aims for another unseen world

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Journey's end

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See Soviet tech survivors of the cold war abandoned in the snow

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See Soviet tech survivors of the cold war abandoned in the snow

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NASA debates where to land on Mars – but are we ready to go?

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NASA debates where to land on Mars – but are we ready to go?

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First pocket rockets take tiny satellites for a spin

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First pocket rockets take tiny satellites for a spin

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Craters and canyons hint at violent past of Pluto's moon Charon

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Craters and canyons hint at violent past of Pluto's moon Charon

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Capturing NASA's mindset is key to The Martian’s success

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Capturing NASA's mindset is key to The Martian’s success

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Cosmonauts are stars of the Soviet space age show

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Cosmonauts are stars of the Soviet space age show

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Climate change could submerge rocket launch sites, warns NASA

Over two-thirds of NASA's infrastructure lies at elevations within 5 metres of sea level, and some sites may have to be abandoned as oceans rise

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The Making of 2001: How Kubrick and Clarke designed the future

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Catch a falling star

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Unsuitable suit

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International Space Station snaps red sprite above a US storm

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