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Space

Delicate solar panels of Martian lander are tested before launch

The arrays are due to open for real in November to power a two-year mission to probe the guts of Mars and reveal how rocky planets' core, mantle and crust form

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Tesla Roadster inside Falcon Heavy

Space

SpaceX set to launch massive Falcon Heavy rocket for first time

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Falcon Heavy launch

Space

Seeing SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket take off for the first time

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Illustration showing Moon Express probe against lunar backdrop

Space

Google-sponsored race to the moon has ended without a winner

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

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

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Space

We must accept more risks if we want space travel to take off

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Falcon Heavy rocket

Space

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

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Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

Space

Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

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moon

Space

2018 preview: Return to the moon as eight missions are planned

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Mercury probe

Space

2018 preview: Epic mission to Mercury will unravel its mysteries

In October, a probe called BepiColombo will begin a seven-year voyage to Mercury with the aim of answering questions raised by previous visits to the scorched world

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Physics

Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world

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Space

NASA has discovered our solar system’s twin with 8 planets

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Space

Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

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Space

Bizarre supernova may be powered by hidden disc of dust and gas

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