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Gaia spacecraft prepares to weather an incoming meteoroid storm

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Gaia spacecraft prepares to weather an incoming meteoroid storm

A spacecraft currently mapping the Milky Way could be pelted by space dust next week, so the European Space Agency is putting up its shields

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China's Tiangong-2 space station is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere

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China's Tiangong-2 space station is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere

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MINERVA-II rovers

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A pair of tiny hopping rovers are about to land on an asteroid

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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu

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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu

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Artist's impression of Proxima Centauri b

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Colony ship to nearest star only needs crew of 100 to survive

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NASA is sending an autonomous helicopter to Mars in 2020

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NASA is sending an autonomous helicopter to Mars in 2020

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War in space may happen soon, but it won't be what you expect

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War in space may happen soon, but it won't be what you expect

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SpinLaunch

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Start-up aims to catapult stuff to space without using rockets

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Tiangong-1 space station

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China's reckless attitude to space debris needs to change

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This record-breaking photo was taken from 6 billion km away

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This record-breaking photo was taken from 6 billion km away

New Horizons is one of the furthest spacecraft from Earth. It sent back pictures of two objects in the Kuiper belt, the most distant photographs ever taken

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SpaceX set to launch massive Falcon Heavy rocket for first time

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Upstart Electron rocket has made it to orbit for the first time

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Safety panel puts brakes on SpaceX’s plan to put humans in space

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

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