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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter dropped on Mars' surface ahead of flight
NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped on the surface of Mars in preparation for its first flight
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Seats filled for first all-civilian spaceflight crew
Inspiration4 is about more than a billionaire’s joyride through space
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Astronomers release new image of a supermassive black hole
The astronomers who gave the world its first true glimpse of a black hole have produced another landmark image
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NASA will attempt first off-world flight in early April
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will be attempting to fly in an atmosphere that is one per cent the density of Earth's
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NASA completes major test on rocket that could take humans back to the moon
NASA aims to send an uncrewed spacecraft to orbit the moon in November and return US astronauts to the moon by 2024
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Once a wet world: Mars had abundant bodies of water on its surface
Mars may have possessed liquid water on its surface approximately equivalent in volume to half of the Atlantic Ocean
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Large asteroid to pass by Earth on March 21
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles of our planet
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Perseverance 'SuperCam' begins hunt for past life on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover gently set down on Martian soil last month and sent back black-and-white images
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Russia, China sign memorandum on lunar research station
Moscow and Beijing will draw up a roadmap to establish the station and cooperate closely on planning
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Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet
Minerals and rock deposits at Salda are the nearest match to those around Jezero Crater where the spacecraft landed
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Mars rover Perseverance takes first spin on surface of red planet
NASA displayed a photo taken by the rover showing the wheel tread marks left in the reddish, sandy Martian soil
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Mars rover sends home movie of daredevil descent to landing on red planet
The footage was recorded by a series of cameras mounted at different angles of the multi-stage spacecraft
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NASA rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance would set the stage for conclusively showing whether life has ever existed beyond Earth
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NASA rover faces 'seven minutes of terror' before landing on Mars
NASA’s Mars rover packed inside a space capsule hits the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth
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Turkey aims to reach moon in 2023, Erdogan says
Erdogan spoke to Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk on possible cooperation in space technologies with Turkish companies
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SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare program
SpaceX launched 143 spacecraft into space, a new record for the most spaceships deployed on a single mission
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Canada signs deal to send first astronaut on US mission around the moon
The last astronauts to actually tread on the moon were the crew of Apollo 17 in December 1972
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Jupiter, Saturn to form double planet on December 21
In a once in 20 years occurrence, Jupiter and Saturn will appear very close together in night sky
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Japan retrieves asteroid samples in hunt for origins of planets
Japan has retrieved a capsule of asteroid dust that may help uncover more about origins of the planets and water
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Bezos' space company will take the first woman to moon's surface
In April, NASA awarded a lunar lander development contract to Blue Origin’s team worth $579 million
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SpaceX to facilitate first ever remote-control car race on the moon
Each car will weigh around 5.5 pounds and the "deployment mechanism" will weigh a further 6.6 pounds
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Russia plans to develop its own space station
Russia's own orbital station will consist of three to seven modules unmanned or with a crew of two to four people
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China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon
China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon
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China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week
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'SpaceX, this is Resilience': Four astronauts begin six-month stay on space station
NASA’s first full-fledged mission ferrying a crew into orbit on a privately-owned spacecraft
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'One heck of a ride': SpaceX launches astronauts into space
NASA’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately-owned spacecraft
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SpaceX and NASA set for first operational astronaut mission to space
The launch was postponed for a day due to forecasts of gusty winds - remnants of Tropical Storm Eta
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SpaceX launch of crew on first 'operational' mission delayed by weather
SpaceX delayed the launch of four astronauts into orbit for NASA’s first full-fledged human mission
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Haul of rare photos of space exploration's 'golden age' up for auction, including Armstrong on moon
A rare photograph of US astronaut Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon is expected to go for $39,000
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Why NASA's moonshot, Boeing, Bezos and Musk have a lot riding on US election
Trump’s plans to end direct US financial support for International Space Station in 2025
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On the moon, water water everywhere and not a drop to drink (yet)
Though, a research 11 years ago indicated water was relatively widespread in small amounts on the moon
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NASA probe leaking asteroid samples after hearty collection
Asteroids are among the leftover debris from the solar system’s formation some 4.5 billion years ago
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NASA probe Osiris-Rex set to 'kiss' asteroid Bennu in historic mission
In a precision operation the spacecraft will touch down for a few seconds to collect samples after a four-year journey
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Nokia secures NASA funding to set up 4G on the Moon
Lunar astronauts can now post to Instagram while still on the moon
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One American, two Russians blast off to International Space Station
Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and successfully reached orbit
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UAE plans to land spacecraft on moon by 2024
If successful in 2024, UAE would become fourth nation on earth to land a spacecraft on moon
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Japan eyes Moon exploration for water-derived fuel
Japanese scientists are eyeing to 'extract fuel from water on Moon' by 2030 to cut costs
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US probe to touch down on asteroid Bennu on October 20
As scientists hope the mission will help deepen our understanding of how planets formed and life began
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China plans to launch Taiji-2 satellite before 2024: Chief scientist
Taiji-1, China's first satellite in the program, was launched in August 2019 and has been performing well in orbit
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NASA mulls possible mission to Venus after recent discovery of possible life
An international research team described evidence of potential microbes residing in harshly acidic Venusian clouds
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Two asteroids fly by Earth safely
This week two asteroids, one size of a bus and other a car, passed by Earth safely
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Scientists confounded by new findings on universe's mysterious dark matter
Dark matter, mysterious invisible stuff that makes up most of mass of galaxies is confounding scientists again
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NASA sets out to buy moon resources mined by private companies
NASA is targeting companies that plan to send robots to mine lunar resources
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A scan of 10.3 million stars turns up no sign of aliens - yet
Researchers are hunting for 'technosignatures' such as communications signals that may originate from alien beings
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Brazil Amazon fires likely worst in 10 years, August data incomplete, government researcher says
After a surge in fires last year to a nine-year high provoked outcry from global leaders and the public
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NASA-funded survey detects closest known asteroid to fly by Earth
Survey detects an SUV-size space rock flying past Earth over the weekend
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Mystery of the dimming of massive star Betelgeuse explained
Betelgeuse is classified as a red supergiant, largest type of star
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Dwarf planet Ceres is 'ocean world' with salty water deep underground
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft provides a new understanding of Ceres
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NASA astronauts cap historic ‘odyssey’ aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule
NASA officials says Crew Dragon, a pod with seven astronaut seats, was in a “very healthy” condition
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US astronauts prepare for SpaceX-NASA return home from ISS
The US has paid SpaceX and aerospace giant Boeing a total of about $7 billion for their "space taxi" contracts