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Kepler space telescope

rocket launch

Space

Moon billionaires: how Elon Musk is taking us back to the future

Space tourists will offset the costs of SpaceX R&D. And they herald a return to when rich benefactors not governments funded art, exploration and science

Analysis

A satellite

Space

Signal-tracking satellite would build its own antenna in space

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Musk's moon trip 'tourists' should be praised as pioneers

Space

Musk's moon trip 'tourists' should be praised as pioneers

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Dragon

Space

SpaceX follows Jules Verne – with one exception

Leader

SspaceX Dragon capsule

Space

SpaceX plans to send two civilians around the moon next year

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Voyager 1 looked back at Saturn on Nov. 16, 1980, four days after the spacecraft flew past the planet

Space

Voyager 1 might have seen Enceladus’ icy plumes 25 years early

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Successful Russian launch re-paves the way to space station

Space

Successful Russian launch re-paves the way to space station

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Future astronauts will need places to live on Mars

Space

New NASA teams will make human Mars missions light and efficient

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Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

Life

Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material

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Space debris glows and burns on re-entry over Pacific

Space

Turn satellites into sparkling fireworks to burn up space junk

Satellite debris that falls to Earth could be deadly, but pellets made of a heat-generating mixture could help them burn up safely in the atmosphere

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Space

A space travel guide for your first holiday off-planet

Culture

Space

Mars landing sites for 2020 NASA mission down to the final three

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Space

Magnetic meteorites narrow down solar system’s birthdate

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Space

NASA wants to put a lander on Europa’s surface to look for life

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