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moon lander

Space

Google-sponsored private moon race delayed for the fourth time

Competitors in the Google Lunar X Prize now have until 31 March 2018 to land a spacecraft on the moon

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Mars pic

Space

NASA insists it is going to Mars, but it really can't afford to

Insight

Chris Hadfield

Space

Chris Hadfield: We should live on the moon before a trip to Mars

Features

A SpaceX space suit

Space

Elon Musk shows off first photo of SpaceX space suit

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It could be snowing on Mars right now

Space

It could be snowing on Mars right now

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Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden

Space

Win lunch with an astronaut

Regulars

A rendering of a Moon Express spacecraft

Space

Google-sponsored private moon race delayed for the fourth time

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Tethered satellites could see the moon’s weird swirls up close

Space

Tethered satellites could see the moon’s weird swirls up close

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Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

Space

Moon’s magnetic field lasted twice as long as we thought it did

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Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

Space

Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

NASA’s push to develop a rocket engine powered by a nuclear reactor could create a faster, lighter spaceship and cut the trip to Mars down to four months

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Space

Mars’s surface hosts millions of towering dust devils every day

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Space

Giant loner asteroids suggest baby planets formed quickly

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Life

Space cucumbers may help plants grow better water-seeking roots

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Space

Enormous exoplanet has an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron

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