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Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

The first women-only spacewalk is a cause for celebration, but we are still a long way from achieving equality in our space programmes

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ISS toilet

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Toilet on International Space Station gets a bacteria-killing upgrade

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Ultima Thule, a distant space rock with two lobes like a bowling pin

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Distant space rock Ultima Thule formed in a slow and gentle collision

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Revealed: First image of huge meteor explosion over Earth last year

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Revealed: First image of huge meteor explosion over Earth last year

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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A plane in flight

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UK and other EU countries ban Boeing 737 Max after Ethiopia crash

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Mae Jemison: The astronaut plotting a journey to other stars

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Mae Jemison: The astronaut plotting a journey to other stars

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At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

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SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

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SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

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Two days remain until the planned liftoff of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket—the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans. Liftoff is targeted for 2:49 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission to the International Space Station serves as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities.

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SpaceX is about to launch a dummy astronaut called Ripley to the ISS

SpaceX plans an uncrewed test flight of the Dragon spacecraft on 2 March, which will carry cargo and an astronaut dummy to the International Space Station

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Virgin Galactic reaches space again - this time with a passenger

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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 bags its first sample from the asteroid Ryugu

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First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

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European Mars rover named after DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin

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