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    Cosmonauts exhibition opens at Science Museum

    21 May 2013 - The sun is captured in a starburst mode over Earth's horizon by one of the Expedition 36 crew members as the ISS was above a point in southwestern Minnesota.
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    Life onboard the ISS

    An early design of Mars Horizon. Options at the bottom of the screen enable the player to take control of life support, communications and other elements of a spaceflight mission. Image Credit: Auroch Digital
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    Conquer the Space Race with Mars Horizon

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    The success of missions like the Curiosity rover perhaps make many of us take for granted humanity’s presence on Mars, but nevertheless are helping us understand more about the Red Planet. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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    Reaching Mars for the first time

    Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman. Image Credit: Imperial College London
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    Interview Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman

    Image: Two images captured by the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter in 2001 show a change in the planet's appearance as a result of haze raised by dust storms. These images were taken about a month apart. Did early astronomers believe this to be growing vegetation? Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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    How will humans get to Mars?

    Fresh fruit: enough to put a smile on the face of any astronaut. Here, British astronaut Tim Peake demonstrates how easy juggling is in a weightless environment. Credit: ESA/NASA
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    What do astronauts eat in space?

    An illustration of the TESS spacecraft observing an M dwarf star with orbiting planets. TESS is expected to move the hunt for exoplanets into the next era. Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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    Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: the mission to find new worlds

    Apollo 11’s lunar module passes over the surface of the Moon; Earth rising over the limb.
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    Early NASA images up for auction

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    The spacecraft's large solar panels drag on the atmosphere, slowing ExoMars down. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab
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    ExoMars ready to sniff out life

    John Young pictured on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission. Credit: NASA
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    Astronaut John Young dies aged 87

    01 - Lovell Telescope
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    60 pivotal moments of the Space Age

    A view of Saturn, captured by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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    Mission end: Cassini’s final moments

    01 - NASA auction
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    NASA space age photos up for auction

    Saturn and two of its moons photographed in 1980 by Voyager 1. The moons, Tethys (closest to the planet) and Dione, are visible as bright spots in space next to the gas giant. Tethys's shadow can also be seen on Saturn itself. (Credit: NASA/JPL)
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    Voyager’s best images of the Solar System

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