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# International Space Station

SpaceX returns four astronauts to Earth in rare night splashdown

The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company.

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May 2nd 2021, 9:25 AM

# Space

Space trio return to Earth after six months aboard orbiting station

A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

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Apr 17th 2021, 3:30 PM

# Astronauts

Russian-US space crew blast off to International Space Station

The trio launched successfully from Russia’s leased Baikonur base in Kazakhstan.

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Apr 9th 2021, 9:58 AM

# Elon musk

SpaceX Starship completes landing but then explodes in latest test

Two previous test flights had crash-landed in fireballs.

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Mar 4th 2021, 7:33 AM

# NASA

Spacewalking astronauts prepare station for new solar wings

Mission Control said it would need to work on “kindergarten skills” after some painted lines were slightly off.

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Feb 28th 2021, 4:35 PM

# Red Planet

NASA releases panorama view of landing site of Perseverance rover on Mars

The panorama is composed of 142 individual images stitched together on Earth, NASA said.

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Feb 24th 2021, 10:41 PM

# The Red Planet

Nasa unveils new video and audio captured by Perseverance as it landed on Mars

The agency also released new images the rover took on the Martian surface.

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Feb 22nd 2021, 9:42 PM

# Quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about the planet Mars?

Test your knowledge.

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Feb 21st 2021, 10:00 PM

# Look Up

Five astronomical highlights the skies have in store in 2021

We’re starting another rotation around the sun. Here’s what to watch out for in the skies.

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Dec 24th 2020, 7:30 PM

# Sent from space

Asteroid dust collected by Japanese spacecraft arrives on Earth

Scientists hope the precious samples could help shed light on the origin of life and the formation of the universe.

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Dec 6th 2020, 6:00 AM

Chinese spacecraft blasts off from moon with cargo of lunar rocks

Chang’e 5 will return to earth with 2kg of moon rocks – it is expected to touch down in Mongolia later this month.

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Dec 4th 2020, 12:26 PM

# Chang’e 5

China probe lands on moon in bid to return lunar rocks to Earth

It is one step on a programme to send a manned mission to the satellite.

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Dec 1st 2020, 8:25 PM

# SpaceX

SpaceX capsule with four astronauts successfully reaches International Space Station

The four astronauts aboard the Dragon capsule will remain at the ISS for six months.

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Nov 17th 2020, 7:07 AM

# SpaceX

SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station

The flight to the space station – 27.5 hours door to door – should be entirely automated.

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Nov 16th 2020, 7:13 AM

# Bennu

'I can’t believe we pulled this off': Nasa craft lands on asteroid to collect rubble as part of rare space mission

Only Japan has previously collected asteroid samples.

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Oct 21st 2020, 12:28 PM

# Space

QUIZ: How much do you know about the planet Venus?

Scientists made a new discovery in the clouds of Venus recently…

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Sep 16th 2020, 9:30 PM

# Phone home

Detection of phosphine in Venus’ clouds ‘indicates potential for life’

The gas has been detected in the atmosphere of Venus, suggesting the planet could host unknown photochemical or geochemical processes.

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Sep 14th 2020, 4:30 PM

# THE PERSEIDS

The best meteor shower of the year will be visible this week

There will be 20 times more shooting stars than a normal night on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Aug 9th 2020, 7:29 AM

# Perseverance

NASA launches latest rover mission to search for life on Mars

The rocket took off in California despite a 4.2 magnitude earthquake.

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Jul 30th 2020, 2:36 PM

# look to the skies

Quiz: How much do you know about comets?

Test your knowledge here.

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Jul 24th 2020, 9:30 PM

# Star Wars

Russia accused of firing anti-satellite weapon in space

US Space Command said it has evidence that Moscow carried out the test on 15 July.

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Jul 24th 2020, 8:19 AM

# Tianwen 1

China launches first Mars rover mission in space race with US

The Chinese mission is named Tianwen-1.

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Jul 23rd 2020, 7:50 AM

# Space race

Bad weather delays launch as UAE races China and US to Mars

Earth and Mars are unusually close at the moment, a mere hop of 55 million kilometres.

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Jul 15th 2020, 9:27 AM

# Liftoff

WATCH: SpaceX launches dozens of satellites in Starlink mission

A new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites and three Earth-observation satellites were launched.

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Jun 13th 2020, 3:01 PM

# return to orbit

SpaceX launch of Nasa astronauts postponed due to bad weather

The launch will be attempted again on Saturday.

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May 27th 2020, 9:40 PM

# demo 2

'A major milestone': Nasa and SpaceX set to send astronauts to the ISS tomorrow

If all goes as planned, the mission will see SpaceX become the first private company to send astronauts into space.

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May 26th 2020, 10:24 AM

# NASA

Boeing spacecraft returns to earth after aborted space mission

The two-day demo was originally due to last for over a week.

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Dec 22nd 2019, 5:49 PM

# final frontier

Donald Trump officially launches military 'Space Force'

It will initially have about 200 people and a first-year budget of $40 million.

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Dec 21st 2019, 10:30 AM

# rosie

Boeing's Starliner capsule not in proper orbit after blast off from Cape Canaveral

It’s a huge moment for US spaceflight which is now dependant on private companies.

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Dec 20th 2019, 1:22 PM

# astronomical

Scientists have found a black hole so massive it 'should not exist in our galaxy'

The black hole is twice as big as scientists believed possible.

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Nov 27th 2019, 9:55 PM

# special delivery

Special delivery containing an oven for baking cookies and sports car parts sent to space station

The space station is currently home to three Americans, two Russians and one Italian.

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Nov 2nd 2019, 4:50 PM

# great gig in the sky

'Green ball of fire' - A stunning green fireball lit up the Irish sky last night

The brightest of the fireballs was at about 6.54 pm last night.

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Oct 29th 2019, 11:43 AM

# Space

Nasa astronauts make history as they begin first ever all-female spacewalk

There have been 227 spacewalkers since the first spacewalk in 1965 and all of them have included a male.

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Oct 18th 2019, 4:13 PM

# Rocket man

Donald Trump launches new military centre to protect 'America's dominance in space'

US military chiefs claim the move is necessary to defend the country’s ‘way of life’.

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Aug 30th 2019, 8:25 AM

# welcome aboard

A humanoid robot has joined the crew of the International Space Station

Fedor copies human movements and can help astronauts carry out tasks remotely.

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Aug 27th 2019, 8:04 AM

# International Space Station

NASA reportedly investigating first allegation of a crime in space

NASA astronaut Anne McClain has admitted to accessing her ex-partner’s bank account from the International Space Station.

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Aug 24th 2019, 5:01 PM

# Mix it up

Analysis: Ireland's clever kicking shows Schmidt is keen for more variety

The Irish scrum-halves didn’t kick a single time during the win over Italy.

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Aug 12th 2019, 7:30 PM

Voices

The Irish For: An astronaut is a star-sailor, a comet is a paintbrush star

The calling to travel beyond the Earth owes itself to mythology as well as science, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.

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Jul 21st 2019, 8:30 AM

# Star Tours

NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020

Private astronauts may soon be able to visit the ISS for $35,000 a night.

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Jun 7th 2019, 7:11 PM

# marsquake

Nasa Mars lander picks up what's likely first detected 'Marsquake'

Nasa has said the new seismic event was too small to provide solid data on the Martian interior.

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Apr 24th 2019, 7:15 AM