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SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

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SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

The Crew Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station on Sunday with a dummy on board, paving the way for human passengers to make the trip in July

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Two days remain until the planned liftoff of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket—the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans. Liftoff is targeted for 2:49 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission to the International Space Station serves as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities.

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SpaceX is about to launch a dummy astronaut called Ripley to the ISS

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Virgin Galactic reaches space again - this time with a passenger

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Mission controllers celebrate Hayabusa 2's touchdown on Ryugu

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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 bags its first sample from the asteroid Ryugu

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First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

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First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

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European Mars rover named after DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin

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Distant Ultima Thule is a weirdly flat snowman that defies explanation

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Distant Ultima Thule is a weirdly flat snowman that defies explanation

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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Astronauts could use fish and human waste to grow food on long trips

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10 year challenge: How science and the world have changed

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10 year challenge: How science and the world have changed

The last 10 years have seen amazing advances in science and technology – and stark damage to the world we live in. Like a lot of people on social media we thought we'd take a look back at the last ten years in science and ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ

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China's moon garden is dead as the craft is plunged into lunar night

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I want to believe: An astronomer's view of aliens

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First moon plants sprout in China's Chang'e 4 biosphere experiment

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A black hole the size of Jupiter is just wandering around the galaxy

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