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Virgin Galactic

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Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded space travel firm

Virgin Galactic is to become the first publicly traded company for human space travel after it announced a merger with a major investment group

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Wright brothers first powered flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, US, on 17 December 1903

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Has anyone ever died in space?

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Has anyone ever died in space?

astronaut on moon

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NASA is going back to the moon but most people in the US don't want to

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LightSail 2

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SpaceX is about to launch a sail propelled through space by sunshine

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Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

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Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

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astronauts

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Mission to Mars: The complete guide to getting to the Red Planet

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Earthrise

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Earthrise

International Space Station

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NASA will let people pay to stay on the International Space Station

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NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring science to the moon

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NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring science to the moon

Three companies - Orbit Beyond, Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines - have been awarded contracts by NASA to send landers to the moon’s surface in 2020 and 2021

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High Life’s sex and black holes sci-fi intrigues without satisfying

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Technology

China wants to make the fastest planes ever with a new material

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Exploring the solar system

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Cartoon guide to the unknown universe

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