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Space shuttle's rudder could cut aircraft noise

Redesigning airliners' rudders to double as a brake could make them quieter as they come in to land, an Airbus patent suggests

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Hayabusa: The falcon has landed – what's it caught?

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Hayabusa: The falcon has landed – what's it caught?

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Space taxi reaches orbit in first flight test

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Space taxi reaches orbit in first flight test

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First student-built interplanetary mission goes silent

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First student-built interplanetary mission goes silent

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Giant airship to carry science back to 1930s

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Giant airship to carry science back to 1930s

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Darwinian spacecraft engine to last twice as long

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Shuttle Atlantis draws near to its final days

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Shuttle Atlantis draws near to its final days

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Neil Armstrong criticises new space plan in Congress

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Maiden voyage for first true space sail

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Maiden voyage for first true space sail

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Venus orbiter to fly close to super-rotating wind

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Venus orbiter to fly close to super-rotating wind

Japan will send its first spacecraft to Venus next week, to explore why winds race round the planet at such huge speeds

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Crumbling labs could clip NASA's wings

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Newton's tree joins list of odd items to fly to space

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Scramjet with stamina ready for hypersonic test

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What would it take to put a walking robot on the moon?

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