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Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

Unlike the Apollo missions, the new era of moon exploration might be about mining, tourism or art. The reason we pick to return will define the moon's future

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Astronauts in mock cockpit

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Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon

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A close-up view of a commemorative plaque left on the Moon at the Hadley-Apennine landing site in memory of 14 NASA astronauts and USSR cosmonauts, now deceased.

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7 bizarre objects from the festival's worth of trash left on the moon

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Astronaut on Moon

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Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system

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Radio telescope

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Jodrell Bank Observatory honoured with UNESCO World Heritage status

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Has anyone ever died in space?

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Has anyone ever died in space?

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Astronauts don't seem to be dying from exposure to space radiation

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension

We all feel the passing of time, but nothing in physics suggests it is a fundamental property of the universe. So where does our sense of time’s flow come from?

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Life on Mars

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The space shuttle

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Apollo 13

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How many people have walked on the moon?