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Row with Russia and SpaceX delays could leave NASA unable to reach ISS

3 October 2018

Talk of sabotage on the International Space Station has exposed cracks in the US-Russia space relationship that could see NASA unable to fly astronauts into orbit
Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

3 January 2018

Astronauts venture into space wearing 35-year-old, sweat-stained relics. The $200 million, high-tech replacement togs are anything but down to Earth

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