500 years on, how Magellan's voyage changed the world
Ferdinand Magellan set off from Spain 500 years ago on an epoch-making voyage to sail all the way around the globe for the first time.
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Mars Express gets festive: A winter wonderland on Mars
This image shows what appears to be a large patch of fresh, untrodden snow – a dream for any lover of the holiday season. However, it's a little too distant for a last-minute winter getaway: this feature, known as Korolev ...
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Dec 21, 2018
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Moon rocks sell for $855,000 in New York: Sotheby's
Three moon rocks brought to Earth nearly half a century ago and the only known documented lunar samples in private hands, sold for $855,000 in New York on Thursday, Sotheby's said.
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Nov 29, 2018
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Your brain on space—the overview effect
Space travel is like a drug—and it could save the rest of us down here on planet Earth.
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Oct 9, 2018
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Fifty years on, Yuri Gagarin's death still shrouded in mystery
Yuri Gagarin, feted as a Soviet national hero for being the first man in space, was killed in a plane crash 50 years ago but the details of his death remain shrouded in mystery.
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Mar 27, 2018
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One of first Soviet cosmonauts Gorbatko dies
Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko, a colleague of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, died Wednesday at the age of 82, Russia's space agency said.
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May 17, 2017
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Buzz Aldrin pays tribute to 'world icon' John Glenn
Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin paid tribute Friday to pioneer astronaut John Glenn, describing the first American to orbit the Earth as a world icon.
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Dec 9, 2016
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Putin plays up Russia-US cooperation in space
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday highlighted the ability of Russia and the United States to cooperate closely in space, despite all of the difficulties the two countries face on Earth.
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Apr 12, 2016
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First Dane in space begins long trip to repositioned ISS
The first Dane in space accompanied by 26 custom-made figurines from Danish toymaker Lego blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday as part of a three-man team on an unusually long two-day mission to the International Space ...
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Sep 2, 2015
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Soyuz carrying 3-man crew blasts off for orbiting station
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, a Dane and a Kazakh blasted off on Wednesday for a two-day trip to the International Space Station.
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Sep 2, 2015
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