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Astronaut on Moon

Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system

8 July 2019

Moon rocks collected by the Apollo missions contain a pristine record of Earth's history. Reading it can teach us where best to look for habitable exoplanets
spacewalk

Team moon vs team Mars: the battle over the future of NASA

20 June 2018

Decades of infighting and political interference have got NASA no closer to landing astronauts on the moon or Mars. Can its new leader spark a relaunch?

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