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Scientists want to explore asteroids with a fleet of nanoprobes

ResearchersattheFinnishMeteorologicalInstitute(FMI)presentedamissionplantodayattheEuropeanPlanetaryScienceCongressthatwouldallowscientiststoobservehundredsofast

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Mars 'crew' emerge after eight-month isolation on Hawaiian volcano

Six"astronauts"haveemergedfromtheirisolationonaremoteHawaiianvolcanoaftercompletinganeight-monthstudyintohowhumanswouldcopelivinginaMars-likeenvironment.Therese

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China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab

China'sfirstcargospacecraftTianzhou-1separatedfromTiangong-2spacelabat4:15p.m.BJTonSunday.Thecargoshipbegandisengagingfromthespacelabat3:29p.m.underordersfromth

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Iran relaunches space ambitions after uproar over satellites

Iran'son-offspaceprogrammehasreceivedaboostafterarecentsatellitelaunchwasseentoannoyWashington,withTehrandustingoffplansforamannedmission,perhapswithMoscow'sass

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'Shape-shifting' bacteria spotted on International Space Station

BacterialcellstreatedwithacommonantibiotichavebeenspottedchangingshapetosurvivewhileaboardtheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS).Thewaybacteriaactinnear-zerogravitye

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China's quantum network connects Beijing, Shanghai and the space

TheWorld'sfirstquantum-encryptednetworkisreadyforuse,ChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)toldthemediatoday.TheCASresearcherssaidtheyhaveconductedathoroughtestofthesyst

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Record-breaking NASA astronaut comes back to Earth

USastronautPeggyWhitsoncamebackdowntoEarthonSundaywithtwocolleagues,aRussianandanAmerican,followingherrecord-breaking288-daystayattheInternationalSpaceStation.F

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Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson set to return to Earth

Record-breakingNASAastronautPeggyWhitsonissettodeparttheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS)andreturntoEarthaftercompletinga288-daylongmission,theUSspaceagencysaid.In

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Foreign astronauts join China's space-related training for the 1st time

TwoEuropeansbecamethefirstforeignastronautstotakepartinspace-relatedtraininginChinabycompletinga17-dayseasurvivalcourse.SamanthaCristoforettiofItalyandMatthiasM

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India: Telangana province offers its jails on rent

NEW DELHI, July 29 (APD)—Telangana province is offering its prisons for rent to other provinces whose prisons are overcrowded. According to reports, the rent of the jail cells will be Rs 10,000 (around 155 USD) a month for each prisoner.

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India: Telangana province offers its jails on rent

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,July29(APD)—Telanganaprovinceisofferingitsprisonsforrenttootherprovinceswhoseprisonsareovercrowded.Accordingtoreports,therento

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Scientists explore new methods to tackle space junk

Aninnovativeexperimentofdeploying"de-orbitsails"onspaceobjectslikesatellitesmayleadtobettersolutionstothegrowingpainofspacejunk,Britain'sDefenceScienceandTechno

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NASA backs deep space habitat made with old ISS cargo module

NASAhasgivenLockheedMartinthego-aheadtobuildafull-scaleprototypeofthedeepspacehabitatitproposedfortheNextSTEPprogram.Thatmeansinaround18months'time,itmightstart

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Japan's zero-gravity space drone sends first pictures from ISS

Japan'sspaceagencyhasreleasedthefirstimagestakenbyadroneitoperatesontheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS).Theso-calledInternalBallCameradronewassenttotakepicturesan

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Ghana puts its first satellite into orbit

Ghanahassuccessfullysentitsfirstsatellite,GhanaSat1,intospace,reportedCitiFMonline.AftertwoyearsofresearchanddevelopmentbytheAllNationsUniversity(ANU),GhanaSat1

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Stanford's 'gecko' robot could help clean up space trash

AmericanresearchersfromStanfordUniversityandtheJetPropulsionLaboratory(JPL)oftheUSNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(NASA)havecombinedgecko-inspiredadhes

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Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030

JapanhasrevealedambitiousplanstoputanastronautontheMoonaround2030innewproposalsfromthecountry'sspaceagency.ThisisthefirsttimetheJapanAerospaceExplorationAgency(