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Happy New Year from space

Astronauts from the International Space Station, Americans Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra and Briton Tim Peake have wished a Happy New Year to everybody

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Cargo vehicle launches on a Soyuz rocket to the ISS

An unpiloted version of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft known as the ISS Progress 62 cargo resupply vehicle blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in

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Britain salutes its space hero

A Soyuz space craft has successfully docked with the International Space Station. There was a slight delay due to a failure with the automatic

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British astronaut Tim Peake is on his way to ISS

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a three-man international crew, including Britain’s first ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut, Tim Peake, blasted

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ISS crew return to Earth

Three International Space Station crew members have landed back on Earth in the snows of Kazakhstan. A capsule carrying NASA astronaut Kjell

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The Astronaut Academy: 'This thin blue line makes our planet livable'

Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is one of the few people who's seen what planet Earth looks like as a whole during his six months on the ISS.

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Tim Peake on what happens if things go wrong on ISS

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The ISS in numbers: 15 things it has improved on Earth

Today marks an important milestone in the history of humanity in space. For the last 15 years, human beings have continuously inhabited the

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New kids on the space block

Astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren step out of the International Space Station for some maintenance work on one of the lab’s robot arms and to

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Prepare to take-off - training the best to be better

What is the next best thing to going into space? For some perhaps it is being in charge of those preparing to blast-off into the skies. Gerhard

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The Astronaut Academy: 'Things float. and you float.'

“Living and working in space can be a challenge, because things float, and you float. Which is a lot of fun of course, but you have to get used to

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A Japanese astronaut has released a meteor observation microsatellite from the International Space Station

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Record-breaking Russian cosmonaut returns to Earth

A record-breaking Russian cosmonaut has come back down to earth in a Soyuz capsule. Gennady Padalka returned from the International Space Station

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International Space Station gets a new commander - and a delivery of Lego

It is all change at the International Space Station. Three new crew members have arrived and veteran Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who is soon

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Denmark's first astronaut heads to space

Denmark’s first astronaut has blasted off into space on a Russian Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station. Andreas Mogensen is part of

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Astronauts take one giant leaf for mankind with space lettuce

It’s a meal that’s literally out of this world. Astronauts have sunk their teeth into food entirely grown in space for the first time. The lettuce

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Soyuz capsule docks with space station

A Soyuz space capsule carrying a Russian, an American and a Japanese docked smoothly on Thursday with the International Space Station. The capsule

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Russian Progress cargo ship docks at ISS, bringing vital supplies

“It feels like Christmas in July!” That was the jubilant and relieved message from the International Space Station as a Russian Progress cargo ship –

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Progress resupply craft successfully en route for ISS

It's lift off for the Progress resupply ship, with all signs pointing to a successful connection with the International Space Station on July 5.

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Space X rocket explodes en route to ISS

A mission by an unmanned Space X Falcon-9 rocket has ended in failure after the craft exploded after lift-off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The