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SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

Space

SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

The Crew Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station on Sunday with a dummy on board, paving the way for human passengers to make the trip in July

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Two days remain until the planned liftoff of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket—the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans. Liftoff is targeted for 2:49 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission to the International Space Station serves as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities.

Space

SpaceX is about to launch a dummy astronaut called Ripley to the ISS

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VSS Unity

Space

Virgin Galactic reaches space again - this time with a passenger

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Mission controllers celebrate Hayabusa 2's touchdown on Ryugu

Space

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 bags its first sample from the asteroid Ryugu

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First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

Space

First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

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Space

European Mars rover named after DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin

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Distant Ultima Thule is a weirdly flat snowman that defies explanation

Space

Distant Ultima Thule is a weirdly flat snowman that defies explanation

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

Space

Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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stone inscription

Physics

Time Tries All Things review – Take time out to enjoy a dreamlike show

Culture

A fish in a dark background

Space

Astronauts could use fish and human waste to grow food on long trips

On long space missions, fish could help create a closed loop system where space travellers grow all the food they need and recycle all their waste

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Environment

10 year challenge: How science and the world have changed

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Space

China's moon garden is dead as the craft is plunged into lunar night

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Video

I want to believe: An astronomer's view of aliens

Video

Space

First moon plants sprout in China's Chang'e 4 biosphere experiment

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