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SpaceX rocket has successful landing in Atlantic Ocean

A rocket has made history after its reusable booster landed on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean. The success could see a new era of reusable rockets

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Russian-ESA Exomars blasts off to find life on the Red Planet

The ExoMars probe has blasted off on Monday (March 14) on board a Russian Proton rocket from Kazakhstan to the red planet. [no comment live] esa</a

14/03/2016

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How to build a village on the Moon

The head of the European Space Agency says he would like to build a permanent base on the Moon. We meet him to discuss that incredible plan, and head to the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne to mee

25/02/2016

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Scientists predict big things for the tiny CubeSat: 'a satellite in a shoe box'

Tiny satellites the size of a small cube, jam-packed with the most advanced nanotechnologies: is this the future of Space missions? To find out, we

21/01/2016

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Space X rocket destroyed after successful EU satellite launch

Space X’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket has successfully put a European satellite into orbit, but what launch engineers described as a “hard landing”

18/01/2016

USA

SpaceX jubilant at success of re-usable rocket

A rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday and landed again ten minutes later – the first time such a feat has been achieved. The

22/12/2015

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Armstrong Moon suit to be conserved thanks to crowdfunding success

Online crowdfunding efforts to save the first man on the moon’s spacesuit have been out of this world! The US National Air and Space Museum asked

24/08/2015

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It's rocket science! Inside the Vulcain and Vinci at Vernon

Years in the building, seconds in the launching; rocket engines are truly awesome in their sheer power, but are also amazing feats of engineering and

06/08/2015

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ESA chiefs discuss building a base on the Moon and visiting Mars

As the European Space Agency changes leadership, euronews met its outgoing and incoming directors-general to discuss the future of space projects.

19/06/2015

Russia

Rocket failures deal heavy blow to Russia space programme

Russia’s space industry has been dealt one of its heaviest blows since the Soviet collapse after back-to-back rocket launch failures. Russian Deputy

21/05/2015

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A satellite revolution in oceanography

Satellite technology is creating a revolution in oceanography as researchers have a flood of new data to understand our planet's oceans and better study climate change. In this edition of Space we hea

23/04/2015

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Philae, drones, bedbugs and astronauts: How startups take space tech down to Earth

This month’s Space focuses on startups in Europe that are finding everyday Earthly applications for space innovations. There’s a long tradition of

26/02/2015

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European Space Agency's IXV wingless experimental spacecraft successfully returns to earth.

The European Space Agency’s IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, as its called blasted off from its launchpad in French Guiana. Its flight path was

11/02/2015

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ESA preps for its first space-plane blast off

The European Space Agency is making the final preparations for its first ever space-plane launch on Wednesday. The IXV, short for Intermediate

10/02/2015

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Why is Europe's IXV spaceplane mission so vital?

09/02/2015

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The Astronaut Academy: 'Learning Russian is the biggest challenge'

29/01/2015

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ESA EAC chief Frank De Winne on what it takes to be an astronaut

29/01/2015

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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen on dreams, infinity and training for space

29/01/2015

USA

Next SpaceX rocket launch attempt expected on Friday

The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida was called off at the last minute because of a unspecified technical issue, said NASA. The

06/01/2015

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Comet Hunters: A year-long odyssey with Rosetta and Philae

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