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Video: A whistlestop tour of our solar system

What’s it like to be an astronaut?

What has the space age done for us?

The satellites above us

Space’s influential thinkers

Colonies in space

The alt.space race

Save that space probe

Engage the antimatter drive

Plus Astronauts and scientists reveal why space excites them, present their favourite images of the heavens, and speculate on whether humanity’s future lies among the stars

WHERE WE HAVE BEEN

In the mere half-century the doors to space have been open, we have explored every corner of the solar system, dared to land on asteroids… and…

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