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Can Russian skills revive the space station?: With American dollars and Russian know-how a space station could be in orbit within three years
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Mars on a shoestring: Undeterred by huge cuts in expenditure on space exploration, the world’s planetary scientists are planning missions to Mars well into the next century
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Russia throws out shuttle programme
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Radar explorers of the Solar System: What are asteroids made of? Is there ice on Mercury? Astronomers are turning to a technique devised to locate objects on Earth to find out more about the Solar System
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