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Blue Origins in-flight escape system set for test launch
In Texas today, aerospace firm Blue Origins tested an in-flight escape system designed to bring future space tourists to safety in an emergency
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China plans world鈥檚 biggest spaceplane to carry 20 tourists
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Elon Musk’s spectacular plan to colonise Mars lacks substance
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Farewell to Rosetta, the comet mission that captivated the world
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China launches a space station and wants an even bigger one
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Blue Origin unveils big new rocket that will put humans in orbit
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Virgin Galactic returns to the skies two years after fatal crash
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Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door
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Getting to Proxima b might become an existential requirement
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Interstellar probes will be eroded on the way to Alpha Centauri
If Breakthrough Starshot launches tiny spacecraft to our nearest star system at one-fifth light speed, they will have to survive bombardment with interstellar dust
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NASA gets in touch with spacecraft two years after it vanished
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China launches world’s first quantum communications satellite
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Astronauts prepare for Mars mission at the bottom of the sea
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