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Now playing Next Culture news Russia releases trailer for first feature-length movie filmed in space "The Challenge" follows a female doctor sent to operate on a cosmonaut who loses consciousness on the ISS. Shot 400 km above Earth, this movie is the first feature film to be shot in space. 09/03/2023
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Now playing Next Mobility Virgin Orbit: What went wrong with the UK's first satellite launch? The Virgin Orbit launch from Cornwall was to be the first of an orbital satellite from the UK - but it ended in failure. 10/01/2023
Now playing Next Mobility Here’s why 2022 was a milestone year for space exploration NASA’s moon mission finally got underway in a year jam packed with major steps forward in space exploration. 21/12/2022
Now playing Next Mobility ‘My power’s really low’: InSight lander says final farewell from Mars The InSight lander made new discoveries about the makeup of Mars. 20/12/2022
Now playing Next Partner content UAE Hope probe reveals the mysteries of Mars The Emirates Mars Mission has been a source of inspiration for young Arabs and is set to have a long-lasting impact on the economy. 17/12/2022
Now playing Next Mobility NASA's Orion capsule splashes down after historic Moon test mission The successful mission now paves the way for a manned flyby mission around the Moon with the crew expected to be announced in early 2023. 12/12/2022
Now playing Next world news Good News: Space travel promises many advances for humans These are five feel-good news stories to feel optimistic and cheer up the weekend 03/12/2022
Now playing Next Mobility James Webb takes most detailed look yet at an exoplanet's atmosphere NASA announced the game-changing, first-ever full reading of the atoms, molecules, and signs of active chemistry in an exoplanet's atmosphere. 25/11/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Diversity in space: ESA announces first 'parastronaut' ESA's new class of astronauts includes a Paralympic athlete - a first for any major space agency - and two women. 24/11/2022
Now playing Next Mobility NASA space capsule reaches the Moon for the first time in 50 years The Artemis Orion spacecraft successfully completed its flyby 130 km above the Moon and managed to re-acquire signal with Earth. 21/11/2022
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Now playing Next Mobility In pictures: The Earth and Moon captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft The spacecraft is on a 12-year journey to capture the diversity and mystery of asteroids. 31/10/2022
Now playing Next Mobility What life will be like inside NASA's new Moon buggy NASA's prototype lunar rover has been tested in the Arizona desert as part of the Artemis programme aiming to send humans back to the Moon. 27/10/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Billionaire books SpaceX trip around the Moon for him and his wife Elon Musk’s SpaceX has signed up 82-year-old Dennis Tito, the world's first space tourist, for a Starship flight around the Moon. 13/10/2022