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NASA's Artemis I launches for the moon

NASA's lunar rocket, Artemis I, finally blasts off from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, kicking off the first of three missions aimed at putting humans back on the moon.

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Artemis launch brings us one giant leap closer to a return to the Moon

The launch of the unmanned test flight is a critical step in landing humans back on the Moon for the first time in half a century.

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Why is NASA sending ovarian cells and a 3D bioprinter into space?

Taking place in orbit around the planet, these science experiments carried out in space could change life on Earth.

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In pictures: The Earth and Moon captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft

The spacecraft is on a 12-year journey to capture the diversity and mystery of asteroids.

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What life will be like inside NASA's new Moon buggy

NASA's prototype lunar rover has been tested in the Arizona desert as part of the Artemis programme aiming to send humans back to the Moon.

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NASA expert panel begins landmark study into UFOs

US defence officials say there have been around 400 UFO sightings documented by military observers.

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Italy's first woman astronaut lands safely back on Earth

Four astronauts have returned to earth in a SpaceX capsule following a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

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NASA's DART mission hailed a success as asteroid nudged off course

It's the first time humanity has altered the motion of a natural body in space.

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Women show solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran, Aussie champion dives from a helicopter into Sydney Bay, and the first Native American woman in space. No agenda, no slant. Get the picture without the commentary.

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Female Russian cosmonaut hitches a ride to ISS with SpaceX capsule

Elon Musk’s rocket venture SpaceX has just sent a capsule to the ISS, with a Russian cosmonaut sharing the ride with two Americans and a Japanese.

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NASA’s asteroid crash mission has created a 10,000 km debris trail

The DART mission was testing whether a spacecraft could be used to nudge an asteroid off course.

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NASA spacecraft crashes into an asteroid

NASA's DART spacecraft crashes into the asteroid Dimorphos in a test to prevent a cosmic object from devastating life on Earth.

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NASA successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid

NASA now hopes the collision will change the trajectory of the asteroid, in a first-of-its-kind planetary defence test.

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A NASA spacecraft is about to deliberately crash into an asteroid

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft is set to hit its target on Monday, in a test run for what to do if one ever threatened Earth.

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'Ocean planet' discovered which could have temperatures right for life

The one-of-a-kind exoplanet, which could support life, orbits a star 100 lightyears from our own planet, Earth.

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NASA calls off second attempt at Moon rocket launch: What happened?

The uncrewed test flight - called off for a second time - aims to ensure NASA's new SLS rocket is capable of putting astronauts back on the Moon.

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Cosmonauts conduct spacewalk aboard ISS

Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev and Flight Engineer Denis Matveev, both of Roscosmos, began a spacewalk early Friday to continue outfitting the European robotic arm on the International Space Station's Nauka laboratory.

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NASA postpones launch of first Moon mission in 50 years

NASA has cancelled Monday's planned launch of its giant SLS rocket for the crucial Artemis 1 mission around the Moon. The next available slot is September 2.

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James Webb Telescope spots first clear evidence of CO2 on exoplanet

Scientists working on the project said they are now "crossing an important threshold in exoplanet sciences".

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Could humans be calling this inflatable house home on the Red Planet?

The two artists behind the project have spent seven years building a house that’s more about living on Mars rather than just surviving.