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BepiColombo sets off to solve the mysteries of Mercury

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Mercury is a misfit in the solar system, an intriguing planet that science can't quite explain. The joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission is setting off to explore the closest planet to the Sun in unprecedented detail.

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#AskSpace: Looking for life on moons of Jupiter and Saturn

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Astronauts safe after Booster rockets carrying Soyuz failed in mid-air

Nasa said there was an issue with the booster and the crew has landed safely back on Earth.

11/10/2018

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This Japanese space probe just arrived at an asteroid

A Japanese spacecraft has just arrived at an asteroid and is preparing to collect a sample of its rocky interior.

27/06/2018

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#AskSpace: Will there ever be a European astronaut on the moon?

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#AskSpace: Will there ever be a European astronaut on the moon?

22/06/2018

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Expedition 55 crew lands back on Earth after 168 days in space

The crew - Anton Shkaplerov of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA astronaut Scott Tingle - parachuted safely into Kazakhstan.

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Is Pluto a giant comet? And does it really have dunes on its surface?

Scientists have detected a large field of dunes on the surface of the distant planet Pluto apparently made from lumps of ice.

01/06/2018

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NASA to use 3D-printed parts for spacecraft for first time

As NASA prepares to send a spacecraft deeper into space than ever before, it will do so achieving yet another milestone: For the first time ever, some of the spacecraft's components will be 3D printed. An innovation that could speed up space exploration.

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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.

03/04/2018

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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.

28/02/2018

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Russian astronauts go fo spacewalk

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

03/02/2018

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So you want to be an astronaut?

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

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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.

12/12/2017

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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.

06/12/2017

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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.

03/12/2017

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

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