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Our most pressing space mission is to clear decades of orbiting junk

Sixty years ago, the focus was on getting more objects into orbit. Today, the top priority is working out how technology can bring them back down again

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There’s so much junk in space that our satellites will soon be at risk

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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NASA cancels first all-women spacewalk due to spacesuit size issue

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Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

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Toilet on International Space Station gets a bacteria-killing upgrade

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Ultima Thule, a distant space rock with two lobes like a bowling pin

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Distant space rock Ultima Thule formed in a slow and gentle collision

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Revealed: First image of huge meteor explosion over Earth last year

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Revealed: First image of huge meteor explosion over Earth last year

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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Mae Jemison: The astronaut plotting a journey to other stars

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Mae Jemison: The astronaut plotting a journey to other stars

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At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

For nearly a decade the US has relied on Russia to get its astronauts into space. With the test of SpaceX's crew capsule, it looks set to bring launches home again soon

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SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

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SpaceX is about to launch a dummy astronaut called Ripley to the ISS

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Virgin Galactic reaches space again - this time with a passenger

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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 bags its first sample from the asteroid Ryugu

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