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Nasa gives all clear: Earth safe from asteroid for next 100 years
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Space race: 140 Kiwi businesses chasing a trillion-dollar opportunity
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New York Times: A visual tour of the ISS, humanity's high-tech home in the sky.
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New York Times: Outpost in orbit seen as a linchpin for future economic activity in space.
No space! Asteroid samples falling out of Nasa spacecraft
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Nokia plans to set up 4G network on the moon
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NASA's most elaborate life-hunting rover is on the verge of lift off in Florida.
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Space cadets: Rocket Lab launches apprenticeship programme
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SpaceX Launch: Dinosaur toy accompanies Nasa astronauts to ISS
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SpaceX capsule that launched two astronauts into space has successfully docked at the ISS.