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Damaged Apollo 13 Service Module

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Apollo 13

Launched on 11 April 1970, Apollo 13 was intended to be the third successful moon landing. But when one of its oxygen tanks exploded on its outward journey, the prospects looked grim for the three astronauts aboard: Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Frank Haise.

Apollo 11 moon landing

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Apollo 11 moon landing

The first space walk

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The first space walk

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

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Yuri Gagarin

Sputnik 1

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Sputnik 1

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu

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OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu

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Hubble Space Telescope

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Hubble Space Telescope

astronauts

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

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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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NASA picks Maxar to build the first piece of its lunar space station

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The moon revealed as an object of endless fascination and desire

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NASA to get an extra $1.6 billion to put the first woman on the moon

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From the archives: How do you get astronauts back from space?

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