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women on the ISS

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After years of sexism in space we urgently need more female astronauts

Getting more women into space is essential if we're ever to run longer missions or even set up colonies off-planet. To do so we need a better understanding of how human bodies will cope in outer space

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What happened when the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet smashed into Jupiter

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction

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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

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India's Chandrayaan-2 missions takes off

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India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Apollo 11 looks like yesterday in new TV show using restored footage

Apollo 11 looks like yesterday in new TV show using restored footage

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India’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2 delayed just before launch

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James Lovelock standing near the sea at Chesil Beach

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James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

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India is about to launch a lander and rover to the moon’s south pole

India is launching its second mission to the moon, called Chandrayaan 2, on 14 July. It will land near the lunar south pole, a promising site for human exploration

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Hayabusa 2 lands on distant asteroid and collects another sample

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The moon race was about short-termism and control – we can do better

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Quiz: How good is your knowledge of the moon?

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Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded space travel firm

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