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NASA probe to visit Jupiter to look for water and map clouds

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NASA probe to visit Jupiter to look for water and map clouds

The Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter next July with plans to probe the gas giant's core, search for water and find clues to solar system formation

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First official UK astronaut Tim Peake takes fast route to ISS

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First official UK astronaut Tim Peake takes fast route to ISS

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Japanese Akatsuki probe enters Venus orbit after inspired hack

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Japanese Akatsuki probe enters Venus orbit after inspired hack

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LISA Pathfinder spacecraft ready for lift-off

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LISA Pathfinder spacecraft ready for lift-off

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Watch Blue Origin's surprise rocket launch and safe landing

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Watch Blue Origin's surprise rocket launch and safe landing

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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

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Beyond Pluto: New Horizons probe aims for another unseen world

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Beyond Pluto: New Horizons probe aims for another unseen world

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Journey's end

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See Soviet tech survivors of the cold war abandoned in the snow

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See Soviet tech survivors of the cold war abandoned in the snow

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NASA debates where to land on Mars – but are we ready to go?

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NASA debates where to land on Mars – but are we ready to go?

Last week the space agency held its first meeting about where to land humans on Mars, but such a mission still has decades of technological hurdles to overcome

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First pocket rockets take tiny satellites for a spin

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Craters and canyons hint at violent past of Pluto's moon Charon

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Capturing NASA's mindset is key to The Martian’s success

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Cosmonauts are stars of the Soviet space age show

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