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Space: Rosetta mission to come crashing to a close

The Rosetta space mission is about to come crashing to an end.

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Rosetta heads for glorious crash-landing

In just a few days’ time ESA’s Rosetta mission is going to come to a close in a most extraordinary fashion, because the spacecraft is going to slowly, and deliberately crash-land into the comet that i

China

China's second space lab blasts off from Gobi desert

It’s lift off for China’s second prototype space station.

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Philae: a space odyssey with a happy end

After nearly two years missing in action, Rosetta's small lander Philae has finally been located in a shadowed spot on the comet 67-P - also known as Churyumov Gerasimenko - just three weeks before th

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Record-breaking US astronaut, crewmates safely return to Earth

Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams has now spent a total of 534 days in space throughout his career, more than any other US astronaut.

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Philae - Lost....and Found!

The lost lander has been spotted on the "Space Duck" comet it landed on 664 days ago.

USA

Cape Canaveral explosion destroys SpaceX rocket and Israeli satellite

An explosion has destroyed a rocket during test firing at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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[Watch] ISS spots three hurricanes

Nasa has upload this amazing timelapse footage showing three hurricanes filmed by the International Space Station on August 30.

USA

NASA's SpaceX Dragon capsule returns home

NASA’s SpaceX Dragon capsule has returned to Earth carrying a huge cargo of scientific experiments from the International Space Station.

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NASA's latest launch - to bring back 'scientific treasure'

NASA is counting down to their OSIRIS-REx mission (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer), aimed at bringing samples back from a near-Earth…

China

China launches first quantum satellite heralding the advent of 'hack free' communication

China has launched the very first quantum satellite developed by a team of Chinese and Austrian scientists.

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Spacecraft Rosetta prepares to crash-land on comet 67P

The extraordinary mission of ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft around comet 67P is nearly over: on 30 September the craft will crash land on its surface and end a 12 year voyage through…

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Farewell Philae: Communication cut to Rosetta's probe for final time

The first space probe to land on a comet has had its communications cut with Earth for the final time.

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Russian cargo craft launches from Baikonur with supplies for ISS crew

The Russian Federal Space Agency has launched a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Soyuz craft docks at International Space Station

Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station where its 48th mission is underway.

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NASA's Juno spacecraft reaches Jupiter

NASA celebrated a great victory on Tuesday as its spacecraft Juno finally reached Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.

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See first pictures of Jupiter from NASA's Juno probe

NASA scientists have been celebrating confirmation of the arrival of the Juno probe at Jupiter.

USA

Juno meets Jupiter as crucial orbit manoeuvre looms

It is fingers crossed time at NASA as the Juno spacecraft enters a crucial phase of its Jupiter mission.

Kazakhstan

Tim Peake: back to Earth after an 'out of this world' experience

A Russian, an American and a history-making British astronaut landed safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday, after a six month stint on the International Space…

Germany

Watch this space as Merkel pulls out of ESA project announcement

Chancellor Angela Merkel was supposed to announce a major international space co-operation project on Wednesday. She didn't.