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Mae Jemison

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Mae Jemison

Mae C Jemison was the first Black woman to go into space

Kathryn Sullivan

Space

NASA astronaut Kathryn Sullivan on zero G dreams and fixing Hubble

Regulars

Astronaut working on the outsdie of the International Space Station

Space

Low gravity in space made some astronauts’ blood flow backwards

News

A picture of the Soyuz spacecraft approaching the ISS

Space

Christina Koch snapped this majestic picture of Soyuz 61 from the ISS

News

women on the ISS

Space

After years of sexism in space we urgently need more female astronauts

Features

Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

Space

Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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Astronauts in mock cockpit

Space

Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon

Features

Twins Scott and Mark Kelly

Space

What happened when one twin went to space and the other stayed home?

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woman astronaut cartoon

Comment

Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

Comment

Space

At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

For nearly a decade the US has relied on Russia to get its astronauts into space. With the test of SpaceX's crew capsule, it looks set to bring launches home again soon

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Earth

How the stunning Earthrise became the world’s most famous photograph

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Space

Review of The First: A gripping and gritty tale of Mars exploration

Culture

Space

Row with Russia and SpaceX delays could leave NASA unable to reach ISS

Insight

Space

Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

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