# Space Exploration
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2024
Space Exploration
Nasa mission ends after three years on Mars as helicopter makes last flight
26 Jan
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Voices
Dr Niamh Shaw: Why space travel is much more than a billionaire’s pastime
Niamh Shaw
13 Mar 2022
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join the conversation
Open thread: What should be a priority in space exploration?
21 Aug 2021
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Space Exploration
India's space agency says it lost contact with spacecraft minutes before planned moon landing
7 Sep 2019
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Fly me to the moon
There's a European plan to have 100 people living on the Moon by 2040
25 Sep 2017
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abort abort abort
Last-minute glitch forces SpaceX rocket to cancel launch with 13 seconds left on countdown
18 Feb 2017
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The Red Planet
WATCH: Spacecraft blasts off in new mission to search for life on Mars
14 Mar 2016
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SpaceX
Tiny steel part blamed for rocket explosion that caused $110 million damage
21 Jul 2015
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go where no man has gone before
If we're going to Mars, where are we going to land, live and work on the red planet?
27 Jun 2015
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into the beyond
This space suit isn't from a new sci-fi movie. NASA astronauts might wear this to Mars
5 Jun 2015
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match made in the heavens
Beaming the internet down from space looks like Google's next project
20 Jan 2015
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COLONISATION
'Get your ass to Mars': Buzz Aldrin wants humans to permanently occupy Mars
14 Nov 2014
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Space race
'It's not like Star Trek': This is a big weekend for NASA's plans to land a human on Mars
19 Sep 2014
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to boldly float
SpaceX are to launch a solar powered ship that will sail up into orbit
10 Jul 2014
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Voices
Column: Look up! The Red Planet is continuing to shine brightly in the night sky
Conor Farrell
10 Apr 2014
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crimea crisis
US:Russia tensions now affecting space exploration, as NASA cuts Moscow contacts
2 Apr 2014
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uncharted space
NASA finds 'bonanza' of 715 new planets, but how many could support life?
27 Feb 2014
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mission improbable
So, what are the chances we'll see an Irishman (or anybody) head to Mars?
2 Feb 2014
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interstellar trekker
Is there life on Mars? Ten years on the Opportunity rover is still looking
25 Jan 2014
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Mars One Mission
Meet the Irish man who's been shortlisted to go to Mars and never come back
9 Jan 2014
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