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Upstart Electron rocket has made it to orbit for the first time

Space

Upstart Electron rocket has made it to orbit for the first time

Space flight is getting more affordable. The Electron rocket, smaller and cheaper than most of its commercial competitors, has put three satellites into orbit

News

space launch

Space

We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off

Insight

Falcon Heavy rocket

Space

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

Comment

Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

Space

Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

Features

Mercury probe

Space

2018 preview: Epic mission to Mercury will unravel its mysteries

News

moon

Space

2018 preview: Return to the moon as eight missions are planned

News

Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

Space

Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

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Hey, Flat Earther, no need to launch a rocket to test your ideas

Physics

Hey, Flat Earther, no need to launch a rocket to test your ideas

Comment

purple sky with lightning and a plane in the background

Physics

Lightning leaves clouds of radiation and antimatter in its wake

News

Enceladus

Life

Private mission may get us back to Enceladus sooner than NASA

Russian billionaire Yuri Milner is considering privately funding a mission to Enceladus, one of the prime places to search for life in our solar system

News

Space

Should we seed life through the cosmos using laser-driven ships?

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Space

Five firms aim to power moon-orbiting way station to deep space

News

Space

Space changes how your brain thinks and it starts right away

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Space

Dawn spacecraft approved to spend another year studying Ceres

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