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A new radar technique has made it possible to locate a derelict spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.
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A space station could be placed in cis-lunar orbit to act as a stepping-stone towards a trip to Mars.
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A new joint mission will see astronauts orbiting the Moon for the first time in over four decades.
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The experimental tether had been designed to help solve the problem of space junk in Earth's orbit.
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Glenn became a national hero back in 1962 when he became the first American ever to orbit the Earth.
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Scientists have been attempting to work out how long it will take for us to gain an extra hour per day.
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The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has returned a set of high-quality test photographs from the Red Planet.
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified an ice deposit with more water than Lake Superior.
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Being high up above the planet didn't stop astronaut Shane Kimbrough from casting his vote last week.
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There are plans to build an ambitious new space station around the Moon within the next two decades.
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If an astronaut dies in space, could their body eventually go on to spread microbes to other planets ?
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It looks like the Schiaparelli lander slammed in to the Martian surface after its landing system failed.
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30-year-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft has revealed the presence of two hidden moons.
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This tiny, distant world is believed to take up to 1,140 years to complete a single orbit of the Sun.
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Scientists believe that a nearby extrasolar planet is 'likely' to be capable of supporting alien life.
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ESA's two-part ExoMars spacecraft is comprised of both the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli lander.
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NASA's highly successful spacecraft will soon be getting up close and personal with the gas giant itself.
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NASA's Juno spacecraft is getting ready to fly within 2,500 miles of the planet Jupiter later on today.
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Odd baseball-like objects found washed up on British beaches have turned out to be a type of sea urchin.
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A strange object spotted beyond the orbit of Neptune appears to be going around the sun in reverse.