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Why an orbiting moon station is the worst idea of the new space age

US Vice President Mike Pence says a habitable base orbiting the moon will be built and in use by 2024. It's a pointless distraction, warns Mars Society president Robert Zubrin

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Keri Bean

Space

How to drive the slowest vehicle in the solar system - on Mars

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Astronaut on a treadmill on the ISS

Space

Doctors will grow human tissue on the International Space Station

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The view from the ISS

Space

NASA's plans to end the ISS could put its Mars missions in danger

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Where does space begin? Here's why it's closer than you think

Space

Where does space begin? Here's why it's closer than you think

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UK announces plans for two spaceports that could see launches by 2021

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UK announces plans for two spaceports that could see launches by 2021

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Don't miss: amateur surgery, aqua-activism and a twisted Turing test

Life

Don't miss: amateur surgery, aqua-activism and a twisted Turing test

Culture

Artist impression

Space

Trio of stars shows Einstein is still right about relativity

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Space

Australia is launching a space agency, but what will it do?

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Artist's impression of a NASA habitat

Space

Colonists could use genetically modified bacteria to settle Mars

Mars colonists could build their habitats and clothes from “living” self-healing materials and make them air-tight with rubber grown by E. coli

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Space

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

Insight

Space

Crewed missions to the moon and Mars need dreamers and doers

Leader

Space

Giant rocket simulator helps engineers tweak before first launch

Regulars

Space

Trump has directed the US military to establish a Space Force

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