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

The cold war race to the moon pitted nations against each other. As countries and companies gear up to return, we need to question what their motivations are

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Quiz: How good is your knowledge of the moon?

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Quiz: How good is your knowledge of the moon?

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Virgin Galactic

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Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded space travel firm

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Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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Astronauts in mock cockpit

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Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon

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A close-up view of a commemorative plaque left on the Moon at the Hadley-Apennine landing site in memory of 14 NASA astronauts and USSR cosmonauts, now deceased.

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7 bizarre objects from the festival's worth of trash left on the moon

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Astronaut on Moon

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Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system

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Jodrell Bank Observatory honoured with UNESCO World Heritage status

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Has anyone ever died in space?

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Has anyone ever died in space?

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Astronauts don't seem to be dying from exposure to space radiation

An analysis of cancer and heart diseases rates amongst people who have been to space has found no difference to the general population on Earth

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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The Milky Way

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Life on Mars

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