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Shuttle map gives the best view yet of Earth's curves

Fourteen years ago, the space shuttle flew a mission to map the contours of our planet in unprecedented detail. Now the data is finally released in full

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India's Mars triumph signals a rising space power

Space

India's Mars triumph signals a rising space power

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CubeSat craze could create space debris catastrophe

Space

CubeSat craze could create space debris catastrophe

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Private flights may make space station more expensive

Space

Private flights may make space station more expensive

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US probe enters Mars orbit, Indian craft close behind

Space

US probe enters Mars orbit, Indian craft close behind

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US opens 'drone zones' for a year of pioneer testing

Technology

US opens 'drone zones' for a year of pioneer testing

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Space station is safe from US-Russia squabbles

Space station is safe from US-Russia squabbles

Analysis

Boeing and SpaceX bag NASA's $6.8bn space taxi prize

Space

Boeing and SpaceX bag NASA's $6.8bn space taxi prize

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Water-splitter could make hydrogen fuel on Mars

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Low gravity makes astronauts prone to falling over

Life

Low gravity makes astronauts prone to falling over

We need to feel a certain gravitational force to tell up from down, which has big implications for the design of objects for bases on other planets

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No easy parking spot for first-ever comet landing

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'Soccer-ball' robots to patrol space for deadly junk

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Myths and reality of the Nazi space rocket

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Space

Soviet dog spacesuit for pooches with the right stuff

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