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We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off

Going to space is already one of the most dangerous things a person can do, but we will need to take far more risks than we do in order to push space exploration forward

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Falcon Heavy rocket

Space

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

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Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

Space

Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

Features

Mercury probe

Space

2018 preview: Epic mission to Mercury will unravel its mysteries

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moon

Space

2018 preview: Return to the moon as eight missions are planned

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Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

Space

Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

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Hey, Flat Earther, no need to launch a rocket to test your ideas

Physics

Hey, Flat Earther, no need to launch a rocket to test your ideas

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Enceladus

Life

Private mission may get us back to Enceladus sooner than NASA

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Light sail starship

Space

Should we seed life through the cosmos using laser-driven ships?

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Space

Five firms aim to power moon-orbiting way station to deep space

Deep Space Gateway is NASA’s planned outpost at the moon for launches to other worlds. The agency has awarded 5 contracts to start working out how to power it

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Space

Space changes how your brain thinks and it starts right away

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Space

Dawn spacecraft approved to spend another year studying Ceres

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Space

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

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Space

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

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