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Astronaut Academy: keeping space crew health in check

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Rough ride: the physical and mental re-entry shocks for ESA astronauts

The last leg of the return to Earth from space is one of the trickiest and potentially most dangerous moments in the astronaut’s journey.

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Soyuz capsule docks with space station

A Soyuz space capsule carrying a Russian, an American and a Japanese docked smoothly on Thursday with the International Space Station. The capsule

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Spacecraft flies by Pluto after a nine-year journey in space

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