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Earth's love handles keep the satellites from falling

Space

Earth's love handles keep the satellites from falling

Satellites don't come crashing down – despite our interfering moon's best efforts – because the Earth's bulges help keep them stable

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SpaceX gets a rival – and tests novel reusable rocket

Space

SpaceX gets a rival – and tests novel reusable rocket

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Brake away: Rethinking how we land on Mars

Space

Brake away: Rethinking how we land on Mars

Features

Apollo astronauts still have a problem - 45 years on

Space

Apollo astronauts still have a problem - 45 years on

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Stars' escape velocity shows how to exit the Milky Way

Space

Stars' escape velocity shows how to exit the Milky Way

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Date glitch delays Cygnus's rendezvous with ISS

Space

Date glitch delays Cygnus's rendezvous with ISS

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Space

Voyager 1: still looking forward after all these years

Opinion

NASA moon probe steadies itself, heads for lunar orbit

Space

NASA moon probe steadies itself, heads for lunar orbit

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Virgin Galactic ship shakes its space-flight feathers

Space

Virgin Galactic ship shakes its space-flight feathers

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Gravity movie shows the dark side of space flight

Space

Gravity movie shows the dark side of space flight

The new movie Gravity makes you feel what it's like to be in orbit, and the physics is great too. You won't envy astronauts any more, though

CultureLab

Space

NASA orbiter will use laser to bring broadband to moon

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Space

NASA is turning science fiction into fact

Opinion

Space

Japanese probe to sniff out why planets lose gases

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Space

NASA seeks takers for moon-mission launch pads

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