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Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

Space

Toughest ever heat shields made of springy sponge-like stuff

Chinese scientists have developed a compressible aerogel that has shown in early heat shield tests to be 5 times more resilient than previous materials

News

Lunar X Prize to put a rover on the moon has been resurrected

Space

Lunar X Prize to put a rover on the moon has been resurrected

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Down the drain - and into a 3D printer

Space

Astronauts could 3D print tools from their own processed faeces

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Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has finally fallen from the sky

Space

Chinese space station Tiangong-1 has finally fallen from the sky

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probe 1

Space

Mission Icarus: Inside the daring plan to touch the sun

Features

Start-up accused of launching mini satellites without permission

Space

Start-up accused of launching mini satellites without permission

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Jupiter

Space

Stunning shot of Jupiter's swirling storms taken by Juno camera

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dummy astronaut

Space

Was SpaceX launch about progress in space, or just a giant ad?

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Tiangong-1 space station

Space

China's reckless attitude to space debris needs to change

Comment

Tesla car with Earth as backdrop

Space

Is Elon Musk's playboy space odyssey really the future we want?

The Falcon Heavy rocket’s first launch has put a red Tesla Roadster into space. The images are beautiful and fun, but the wider implications aren’t great

Analysis

Space

Delicate solar panels of Martian lander are tested before launch

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Space

SpaceX set to launch massive Falcon Heavy rocket for first time

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Space

Seeing SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket take off for the first time

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Space

Google-sponsored race to the moon has ended without a winner

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