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How many people have walked on the moon?

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How many people have walked on the moon?

Just 12 people have walked on the moon, all between 1969 and 1972.
Apollo 11 moon landing

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Apollo 11 moon landing

The first space walk

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The first space walk

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

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Yuri Gagarin

Sputnik 1

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Sputnik 1

How did the universe begin?

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How did the universe begin?

Where do meteorites come from?

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Where do meteorites come from?

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NASA is going back to the moon but most people in the US don't want to

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Tiangong space station

LightSail 2

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SpaceX is about to launch a sail propelled through space by sunshine

The Planetary Society’s LightSail-2 satellite, which uses sails to harness the energy of sunlight, is planned to launch on 24 June aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

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How Mercury and Venus can guide our hunt for alien life on exoplanets

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Don't miss: men on the moon, robots in orbit and museums in the street

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ESA plans triple spacecraft to lurk in wait for a speedy comet

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Albert Einstein

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