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Blue Origin space station

Space

Can Blue Origin help replace the International Space Station?

Blue Origin is one of a number of firms hoping to build a commercial space station, but it isn't clear any will be ready before the International Space Station reaches the end of its life

Analysis

Chinese Space Station

Space

China is about to start building a space station in orbit

News

Falcon 9 launch

Space

Astronauts ride reused SpaceX capsule and rocket for the first time

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Astronauts

Space

NASA can't decide whether astronauts should wash their underwear

News

International Space Station image shows beauty of the world's oceans

Earth

International Space Station image shows beauty of the world's oceans

Regulars

Lighting fires in space is helping us make greener energy on Earth

Space

Lighting fires in space is helping us make greener energy on Earth

Features

NASA to film an Estée Lauder ad in space as the ISS opens for business

Space

NASA to film an Estée Lauder ad in space as the ISS opens for business

Insight

Deinococcus radiodurans

Life

Radiation-resistant bacteria could survive journey from Earth to Mars

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Lettuce on the ISS

Space

Lettuce grown on space station is just as good as on Earth

News

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is launching to space for the first time

Space

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is launching to space for the first time

Boeing’s Starliner will launch to the International Space Station on 20 December. This first flight will carry cargo but the next one is expected to take passengers

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Space

This Christmas Eve, spot Santa's sleigh flying through the sky

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Space

Low gravity in space made some astronauts’ blood flow backwards

News

Space

Spaceflight alters heart cells but they quickly recover back on Earth

News

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