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‘Space harpoon’ to capture orbiting junk heads to ISS

The British-designed satellite is equipped with a net for capturing space litter and a harpoon for spearing and hauling in bigger objects.

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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Is there life out there? We head to 'Mars on Earth' to find out

Many scientists believe there could be life on the other moons and planets of our solar system. We report on the latest in astrobiology research from the Mars-like environment of the Rio Tinto in southern Spain.

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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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Russian astronauts go fo spacewalk

Russian astronauts are taking a spacewalk to upgrade an antenna at the International Space Station

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So you want to be an astronaut?

euronews takes you on a 360 tour of Europe's astronaut training centre in Cologne.

Kazakhstan

Italy's 60-year-old astronaut Paolo Nespoli comes back to Earth

USA

Trump wants US astronauts back to the moon - and someday Mars

"Imagine the possibilities waiting in those big, beautiful stars if we dare to dream big,” said the US president as he signed his first space policy directive.

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Watch: Astronaut's time-lapse shows stunning auroras grip earth

The northern lights gave astronauts aboard the International Space Station a memorable view.

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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.

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Europe’s air pollution satellite publishes first images

Sentinel-5P was only blasted into space in October, but it’s already sending back images of the world’s air pollution.

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Legends of Space, ep 10: Rosetta and Philae

We look back to November 2014, when Rosetta's Philae probe landed on a comet

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More than 25,000 Europeans join world’s first 'space nation'

People from every country in the European Union have been recognised as citizens of Asgardia

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates sets its sights on Mars

"Arabs were pioneers in sciences hundreds of years ago - why can't we do it again?": the UAE Space Agency hopes to set up the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars by 2117, one hundred years from now.

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

Pope Francis asks ISS astronauts about 'man's place in the universe'

The pontiff took part in a 20-minute video call with the crew of the ISS

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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

France

54 years since the first cat in space

In 1963, after a rigorous training programme, Félicette became the first astrocat.

Kazakhstan

Cargo spacecraft sets off for ISS

Carrying almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted Russian Progress 68 cargo spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.