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# Space

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Chinese spacecraft blasts off from moon with cargo of lunar rocks
China probe lands on moon in bid to return lunar rocks to Earth
SpaceX capsule with four astronauts successfully reaches International Space Station
SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station
'I can’t believe we pulled this off': Nasa craft lands on asteroid to collect rubble as part of rare space mission
QUIZ: How much do you know about the planet Venus?
Detection of phosphine in Venus’ clouds ‘indicates potential for life’
The best meteor shower of the year will be visible this week
NASA launches latest rover mission to search for life on Mars
Quiz: How much do you know about comets?
Russia accused of firing anti-satellite weapon in space
China launches first Mars rover mission in space race with US
Bad weather delays launch as UAE races China and US to Mars
WATCH: SpaceX launches dozens of satellites in Starlink mission
SpaceX launch of Nasa astronauts postponed due to bad weather
'A major milestone': Nasa and SpaceX set to send astronauts to the ISS tomorrow
Boeing spacecraft returns to earth after aborted space mission
Donald Trump officially launches military 'Space Force'
Boeing's Starliner capsule not in proper orbit after blast off from Cape Canaveral
Scientists have found a black hole so massive it 'should not exist in our galaxy'
Special delivery containing an oven for baking cookies and sports car parts sent to space station
'Green ball of fire' - A stunning green fireball lit up the Irish sky last night
Nasa astronauts make history as they begin first ever all-female spacewalk
Donald Trump launches new military centre to protect 'America's dominance in space'
A humanoid robot has joined the crew of the International Space Station
NASA reportedly investigating first allegation of a crime in space
Analysis: Ireland's clever kicking shows Schmidt is keen for more variety
The Irish For: An astronaut is a star-sailor, a comet is a paintbrush star
Darach Ó Séaghdha
NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020
Nasa Mars lander picks up what's likely first detected 'Marsquake'
Meet Katie Bouman, the MIT computer scientist who made the black hole image possible
This is the first ever image of a black hole, located in a galaxy 53 million light years away
Japan probe lands 300 million km away in hunt for clues to origin of life
After roving on Mars for 15 years and sending back 217,594 images, Opportunity is now dead
That plan to make a colony on Mars and film it for reality TV has gone bust
Discovery of 'repeating' radio waves from deep space baffles astronomers
Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on moon's far side
A meteor shower peaking tonight rings in the start of a busy year for stargazing
Celebrations as NASA spacecraft successfully passes by oldest cosmic body ever studied
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft closing in on most distant world ever studied