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Damaged Apollo 13 Service Module

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Apollo 13

Launched on 11 April 1970, Apollo 13 was intended to be the third successful moon landing. But when one of its oxygen tanks exploded on its outward journey, the prospects looked grim for the three astronauts aboard: Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Frank Haise.
How many people have walked on the moon?

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How many people have walked on the moon?

Apollo 11 moon landing

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Apollo 11 moon landing

The first space walk

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The first space walk

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

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Yuri Gagarin

Sputnik 1

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Sputnik 1

How did the universe begin?

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How did the universe begin?

Where do meteorites come from?

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Where do meteorites come from?

astronaut on moon

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NASA is going back to the moon but most people in the US don't want to

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Tiangong space station

China’s orbiting base, which was completed in 2022, has three modules for scientific experiments in microgravity and can house up to six astronauts

Space

SpaceX is about to launch a sail propelled through space by sunshine

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How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets

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Space

Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

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Space

ESA plans triple spacecraft to lurk in wait for a speedy comet

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