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12/07/2017

China

China: Heavy-lift rocket launch fails in flight

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Cassini-Huygens's extraordinary journey around Saturn

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Italian rocket engine maker Avio launches its shares on the Milan exchange, raising money to better compete against rivals SpaceX and Blue Origin.

10/04/2017

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Interactive map: Where do you look for life on Mars?

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SpaceX to send first tourists around the moon

SpaceX is to launch a tourist trip around the moon next year.

28/02/2017

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Astronomers announce the discovery of seven earth-sized planets orbiting a star just 40 light years away from our solar system.

22/02/2017

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The icy mysteries of Pluto

This edition of Space takes you to the furthest reaches of our solar system, to the dwarf planet Pluto.

16/02/2017

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