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Crew emerges from year-long simulated Mars mission

Six astronauts spent a year under a dome on Hawaii pretending they were on Mars to prepare for when other astronauts visit the Red Planet for real

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tim peake smiling, and reclining in microgravity presumably on the ISS

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Tim Peake: Robots won’t replace me for 100 years

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An artist's impression showing a small robot with four legs and gecko-like feet crawling over the outside of a spacecraft, with the surface of Earth visible over the top of the page

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Gecko Gripper blasts off to help design space-crawling robots

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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

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Flying in a spaceplane is like a magic carpet ride

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Flying in a spaceplane is like a magic carpet ride

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Earth's historical wonders as seen from space

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Earth's historical wonders as seen from space

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Sleepy sun could make Mars trips deadly

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Sleepy sun could make Mars trips deadly

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Low gravity makes astronauts prone to falling over

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Low gravity makes astronauts prone to falling over

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Low gravity makes it hard to tell which way is up

Knowing how much gravity humans need to tell up from down could help design sensible space gear to stop astronauts flicking switches the wrong way, for example

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Soviet dog spacesuit for pooches with the right stuff

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Sleep tight? Not a chance if you're in space

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Take the helm of a real Apollo moon lander

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Borg assimilation on the ISS? That's just eyewash

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