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moon lander

Space

Google-sponsored private moon race delayed for the fourth time

Competitors in the Google Lunar X Prize now have until 31 March 2018 to land a spacecraft on the moon

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Mars pic

Space

NASA insists it is going to Mars, but it really can't afford to

Insight

Chris Hadfield

Space

Chris Hadfield: We should live on the moon before a trip to Mars

Features

A SpaceX space suit

Space

Elon Musk shows off first photo of SpaceX space suit

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Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden

Space

Win lunch with an astronaut

Regulars

A rendering of a Moon Express spacecraft

Space

Google-sponsored private moon race delayed for the fourth time

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Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

Space

Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars

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A white dust devil against the red Martian surface

Space

Mars’s surface hosts millions of towering dust devils every day

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Smallest satellite ever paves way for planned interstellar fleet

Space

Smallest satellite ever paves way for planned interstellar fleet

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explosion in desert

Physics

Bigger bang theory: teach atoms new tricks to beef up explosives

Mastering materials that have never been made before could deliver blasts big enough to shoot rockets to Mars

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Space

Elon Musk seems to have ditched Red Dragon lander plan for Mars

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Space

Robotic landers could start mining the moon as early as 2020

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Space

First close-ups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot from Juno flyby

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Space

Mike Pence says he touched NASA equipment on a dare

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