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A moon base

Space

It was always crazy to shoot for Mars before colonising the moon

Common sense is prevailing in human space exploration, and the moon is back as the place we need to colonise before a riskier trip to Mars, says Paul Marks

Comment

flying bird

Technology

Drone designers accidentally explain colour of albatross wings

News

Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022

Space

Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022

News

Flying and rolling drone will map underground mines on its own

Technology

Flying and rolling drone will map underground mines on its own

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Ley

Space

Rocket man: Willy Ley's fervour helped put men on the moon

Culture

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid

Space

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft zooms by Earth on its way to an asteroid

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Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

Space

Tears for Cassini: why it's OK to well up over a lump of metal

Comment

Space

Cassini's Grand Finale: The ups and downs of our 20-year mission

Features

What Cassini saw...

Space

Cassini's Grand Finale: The spacecraft that unveiled Saturn

Features

<i>The Farthest</i>: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

Space

The Farthest: How the Voyager story keeps on giving

Forty years after the Voyager spacecraft launched, a movie captures the grandeur of the project – plus its alien appeal

Culture

Space

Cassini’s 10 best pictures from its 13-year voyage around Saturn

News

Space

Cassini's legacy: Where next in the search for alien life

Features

Space

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

News

Space

Steampunk rover design eliminates electronics to survive Venus

News