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space exploration

China launches spacecraft to test automated docking

Space

China launches spacecraft to test automated docking

The Shenzhou 8 craft will attempt to dock with a prototype science lab launched in September – the procedure is an essential part of building a space station by 2020

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Space pilot: 'You miss the shots you don't take'

Space

Space pilot: 'You miss the shots you don't take'

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Shuttle's last spacewalker: 'Gravity is an option'

Space

Shuttle's last spacewalker: 'Gravity is an option'

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Spaceport America conjures up spine-tingling future

Space

Spaceport America conjures up spine-tingling future

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Rover scientist: Why I'm spending 13 days underwater

Space

Rover scientist: Why I'm spending 13 days underwater

Opinion

Laser 'tractor beams' could reel in lost astronauts

Space

Laser 'tractor beams' could reel in lost astronauts

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Second big satellite set to resist re-entry burn-up

Space

Second big satellite set to resist re-entry burn-up

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520 days: Surviving everyday life on a mission to Mars

Space

520 days: Surviving everyday life on a mission to Mars

Features

Wanted: astronauts for missions unknown

Space

Wanted: astronauts for missions unknown

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Space station may fly without a crew later this year

Space

Space station may fly without a crew later this year

The station's current crew members may have to return to Earth before the rockets that would bring up their replacements will be proven safe to launch again

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Space

Extraterrestrial dust reveals asteroid's past and future

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Space

Russian rocket failure to ground human launches

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Space

Space telescope to create radio 'eye' larger than Earth

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Space

Cosmonaut: Soviet space shuttle was safer than NASA's

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