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Six reasons why Huygens is a Legend of Space

The Huygens probe touched down on Titan in January 2005.

02/02/2017

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NASA remembers Challenger and Apollo 1 disasters

31-years ago the Challenger Space shuttle broke apart little more than a minute after taking off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

28/01/2017

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NASA reveals what it might be like to land Pluto

What would it be like to land on Pluto?

25/01/2017

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The women who helped put John Glenn into space - 'Hidden Figures' tells their story

‘Hidden Figures’ tells the story of three brilliant African-American women who worked at NASA and were the brains behind the flight of the first American astronaut John Glenn into…

19/01/2017

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Record for hottest year broken once more in 2016

2016 was the hottest year on record – that is according to data compiled by NASA and the World Meteorological Organisation.

19/01/2017

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Astronauts boost space station's power supply

Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Friday (January 6) to upgrade the outpost’s power supply.

07/01/2017

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This week meet the Quadrantids: 2017's first meteor shower

If you've missed the fireworks of the New Year, don't fret. Mother Nature will give you another opportunity to start 2017 with stars in your eyes

02/01/2017

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What's on the agenda for space in 2017?

Twenty seventeen will mark the launch of the space telescope, CHEOPS by the European space agency ESA.

02/01/2017

USA

Out of this world? Astronauts join mannequin challenge craze

Astronauts have defied gravity to breathe fresh life into the mannequin challenge craze.

30/12/2016

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Finding the best suit for a visit to Mars

Which kind of space suit will an astronaut wear on Mars?

12/12/2016

USA

Pluto could harbour 'slushy underground ocean'

A frozen area of Pluto, known as the ‘heart’ may harbour a slushy ocean between 150 and 200 km beneath its surface, NASA scientists say.

16/11/2016

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World biggest space telescope is ready

The world’s largest and most complex space telescope is finally ready after almost two decades.

10/11/2016

USA

Watch: How ice has melted in the Arctic Ocean since 1984

The stark reality of climate change is unmasked in this new time-lapse video from NASA.

02/11/2016

USA

The longest delivery order in the Galaxy

A capsule loaded with 2,400 kilos of food, supplies, equipment and science experiments has docked with the ISS, 410 kilometres above the earth.

23/10/2016

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A world view

Video of Earth from the International Space Station (taken from Nasa live cut during the Orbital ATK launch).

19/10/2016

World News

All you need to know about Europe's new mission to Mars

Mars has long piqued people’s interest – from science fiction tales of Martians to Elon Musk’s goal of one day colonising the planet.

18/10/2016

USA

President Obama plots a course to Mars and back by the 2030s

US President Barack Obama has revealed that the United States is working in partnership with private companies to send and expedition to Mars and back by the 2030s.

11/10/2016

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'Commencing countdown' astronauts prepare for blast off

French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is going for a swim, but this is one dip with a difference. Pesquet is taking his last training session in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Cente

29/09/2016

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Water on Jupiter's moon Europa? But why should I care?

27/09/2016

USA

Jupiter's moon Europa 'spewing water plumes'

NASA says it has further evidence that Jupiter’s moon Europa is expelling large plumes of water into space.

27/09/2016