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NASA's new X-Plane will be supersonic but also super quiet

The space organisation has announced it will build a piloted X-Plane that will produce a noise as loud as a car door closing and could bring back supersonic flight for the public.

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NASA develops plan to send robot bees to Mars

Scientists say Marsbees will be the size of bumblebees but with cicada-sized wings.

Kazakhstan

US-Russian crew returns from space station

NASA's Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei and Russia's Alexander Misurkin spent 168 days aboard the ISS.

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#AskSpace: How will astronauts handle the journey to Mars?

#AskSpace: Astronaut Paolo Nespoli gives his views on how astronauts will handle the long journey to Mars.

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Trump administration plans to privatize ISS: r

“It is possible that industry could continue to operate certain elements or capabilities of the ISS as part of a future commercial platform,” an internal NASA document states.

World News

Rocket fuel inventor dies aged 107

The developer of a space fuel based on liquid hydrogen which made moon flights possible, Barys Kit, has died at the age of 107. The Belarusian-American rocket scientist was one of the world’s oldest men

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#AskSpace: What's up with ESA's 'village on the Moon' concept?

#AskSpace: What's happening with ESA's village on the Moon concept? Answer from ESA astronaut Frank De Winne

USA

New study reveals water more plentiful on Mars than previously thought

Astronauts visiting the Red Planet would just need a ‘bucket and shovel to have all the water they need’, say experts.

USA

John Young, US astronaut and space shuttle commander, dies

He was the only astronaut to fly with three different NASA programs, in a career spanning 42 years.

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Ozone layer recovering thanks to chemical ban, NASA confirms

Scientists have credited the Montreal Protocol with bringing about the recovery of the protective layer

USA

First alien star system with as many planets as our own discovered

A joint effort between NASA scientists and Google artificial intelligence specialist has led to the discovery of a star system with as many worlds as our own.

World News

Shift in US space policy? Trump promises trip to moon and Mars

Marking the 45th anniversary of the last Apollo mission, President Trump has pledged to reboot the country's space exploration program

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NASA fires Voyager 1’s thrusters for first time in 37 years

Scientists were amazed the thrusters worked having been out of action since 1980.

Italy

Watch: Italian astronaut Paolo shares a pizza home with ISS crew

Pizza was sent to the International Space Station after Nespoli said how much he was missing Italy’s most famous export.

USA

NASA launches a new powerful weather forecasting and hurricane tracking satellite

A rocket has launched off the Californian coast, carrying a new weather satellite that will orbit the Earth's poles, improving forecasting and hurricane tracking.

World News

Watch: What has Earth looked like for the past 20 years?

NASA released a 20-year time-lapse of Earth, showing how our planet has changed

Sci-Tech

Your bedroom on Mars will look a lot different

Forget about your big bed — and that comfy recliner.

Russia

60 years on - Laika the dog in space

In 1957 the space race was on between the Soviet Union and the US, but it was the Russians who managed to send the first living thing into orbit

World News

Ozone hole shrinks to smallest since 1988

Scientists say man's efforts and favourable conditions have helped restore ozone levels.

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Legends of Space, ep 9: Voyager

The Voyager probes are deeper into space than any man-made object has ever gone before