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Watch: Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully tests emergency capsule

The test comes ahead of SpaceX's first transport of astronauts to the International Space Station.

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Boeing space capsule returns to Earth after aborted mission

Barely half an hour after lanching from Cape Canaveral on Friday, the Starliner ended up in the wrong orbit.

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Astronaut Luca Parmitano talks water recycling in space

"On the space station, we already recover 95% of the water onboard," explains Euronews space correspondent and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano.

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Watch live: Astronauts Parmitano and Morgan fix cosmic ray detector

Did you think a cosmic ray detector was only found in Sci-Fi? Watch these two guys walk in space to fix one!

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Watch live: First all-female spacewalk underway

The first-ever all-female spacewalk is underway. You can watch footage in the video player, above

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Watch: ISS astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan

Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin spent 203 days on the ISS, orbiting Earth 3,248 times and travelling 86.1 million miles. Spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori was the first person from the UAE to fly in space.

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NASA captures black hole destroying a star the size of the Sun

The event took place 375 million light years from Earth.

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Space agencies in mission to deflect dangerous Earth-bound asteroids

NASA and ESA team up for mission to deflect dangerous Earth-bound asteroids

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Should we compare Amazon forest fires to those in central Africa?

We spoke to an expert to find out whether we should be more concerned about the ecological impact in Africa than South America.

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Astronauts prepare for takeoff on moon landing anniversary

Two NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut have taken off from Kazakhstan in a Soyuz rocket headed for the International Space Station

USA

Moon landing 50th anniversary: The historic mission explained

Fifty years ago, history was made when humans took the first steps on the moon.

USA

Next mission to the moon to be a testing ground for Mars, says NASA

A mission to Mars could come as early as 2033, Bridenstine told reporters on Monday.

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Space leaders recall how the Apollo Moon landing gave them inspiration

To celebrate the anniversary, NASA has restored the old control room from which the Apollo-era flight directors oversaw the mission. It's a place of pilgrimage for their successors.

USA

Moon mission memorabilia up for auction amid anniversary celebrations

Artefacts from the historic mission to put men on the moon are going up for auction amid celebrations to mark its 50th anniversary.

USA

Former NASA intern may possess only surviving recordings of Apollo 11

Retiree Gary George interned at NASA as a college student in 1976. During his time there he purchased more than `1,100 videotapes for around $218. At the time, NASA was attempting to reduce costs by recording over or selling old videotapes.

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Watch: Drone will explore possibility of life on one of Saturn's moons

Before life evolved, said Nieber, the landscape on Earth was in fact quite similar to that of Titan today.

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From Matera to the moon: The Apollo Soundtrack brings a unique moment to life 50 years later

Partner content presented by Matera 2019

Matera is pulling out all the stops to put itself on the European cultural map this year, and the Apollo performance is just the sort of powerfully creative and immersive experience that locals and visitors have come to expect.

USA

Large mass discovered under moon's crater, believed to be metal from asteroid

Large mass discovered beneath moon's crater, believed to be metal from asteroid

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NASA paves the way for tourists to visit International Space Station

NASA will allow private citizens to stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for month-long getaways at a cost of about $35,000 (€31,000) per night, the US space agency said on Friday.

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Watch: 3D-printed Mars dwelling wins NASA prize

The home is made from a biodegradable biopolymer basalt composite, ideal for a sustainable space mission.