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Our most pressing space mission is to clear decades of orbiting junk

Sixty years ago, the focus was on getting more objects into orbit. Today, the top priority is working out how technology can bring them back down again

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There’s so much junk in space that our satellites will soon be at risk

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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Two days remain until the planned liftoff of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket—the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans. Liftoff is targeted for 2:49 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission to the International Space Station serves as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities.

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SpaceX is about to launch a dummy astronaut called Ripley to the ISS

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Virgin Galactic reaches space again - this time with a passenger

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First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

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First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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Anu Ojha: Will humans make it to Mars?

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Anu Ojha: Will humans make it to Mars?

Will humans ever get to Mars for real? Anu Ojha, director of the UK’s National Space Academy, explores the possibilities

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Taking an elevator into space could actually happen. Here's how

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We could drill water wells in Martian ice to survive on the Red Planet

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Ultima Thule is a snowman-shaped rock covered in weird ice

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NASA probe will hurtle past the most distant object we’ve ever visited

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