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Mae Jemison

Mae C Jemison was the first Black woman to go into space

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NASA astronaut Kathryn Sullivan on zero G dreams and fixing Hubble

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Kathryn Sullivan

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Low gravity in space made some astronauts’ blood flow backwards

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A picture of the Soyuz spacecraft approaching the ISS

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Christina Koch snapped this majestic picture of Soyuz 61 from the ISS

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After years of sexism in space we urgently need more female astronauts

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Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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Future moon missions probably won't carry astronauts - here's why

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Apollo 11 space mission: Diabolically hard practice got us to the moon

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Twins Scott and Mark Kelly

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What happened when one twin went to space and the other stayed home?

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Cheer the first women-only spacewalk, but equality is still far away

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At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

For nearly a decade the US has relied on Russia to get its astronauts into space. With the test of SpaceX's crew capsule, it looks set to bring launches home again soon

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How the stunning Earthrise became the world’s most famous photograph

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Review of The First: A gripping and gritty tale of Mars exploration

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Row with Russia and SpaceX delays could leave NASA unable to reach ISS

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Cosmic couture: The urgent quest to redesign the spacesuit

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