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Why we should go back to the moon – and this time to build a home

14 September 2022

Achieving a lunar outpost is important not as a means of escaping our home planet, but learning better ways to thrive on it
Composite of the Juno spacecraft near Europa

Juno spacecraft prepares for close encounter with icy moon Europa

8 September 2022

A NASA probe will swoop to around 350 kilometres above Europa’s surface on 29 September, returning detailed images and data on its magnetic fields and icy crust
Artist's impression of CubeSats orbiting Earth.

Swarm of light-sail spacecraft could be propelled by laser on the moon

7 September 2022

A laser mounted on the moon could propel small spacecraft carrying light sails through space to help us explore faster and map distant regions for the first time

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