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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

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LightSail 2 unfurls solar sail and begins travelling through space

The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft has unfolded its silvery sails, which will be propelled by the force of sunlight to demonstrate solar sailing

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India's Chandrayaan-2 missions takes off

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India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

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India’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2 delayed just before launch

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moon lander

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India is about to launch a lander and rover to the moon’s south pole

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Virgin Galactic

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Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded space travel firm

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Has anyone ever died in space?

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Has anyone ever died in space?

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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

Experience humanity's longest voyage, explore the world the weather-watchers made and party like it's 1851 on London's Exhibition Road

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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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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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