Space
Moon rocks can tell us where life could thrive beyond the solar system
Moon rocks collected by the Apollo missions contain a pristine record of Earth's history. Reading it can teach us where best to look for habitable exoplanets
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Future moon missions probably won’t carry astronauts – here’s why
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7 bizarre objects from the festival’s worth of trash left on the moon
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Jodrell Bank Observatory honoured with UNESCO World Heritage status
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Has anyone ever died in space?
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
The Milky Way
Life on Mars
The space shuttle
Apollo 13
Launched on 11 April 1970, Apollo 13 was intended to be the third successful moon landing. But when one of its oxygen tanks exploded on its outward journey, the prospects looked grim for the three astronauts aboard: Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Frank Haise.