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Shepard becomes first US astronaut - 05/01/1961
Russians win space race - 12/04/1961
Shepard becomes first US astronaut - 05/05/1961
Russian cosmonaut spends day in space - 06/08/1961
American spaceman rounds the world - 20/02/1962
First US rocket lands on moon - 26/04/1962
'Music of spheres' hails Venus fly-by - 14/12/1962
Soviets launch first woman into space - 16/06/1963
Millions watch space probe crash into Moon - 24/03/1965
Soviets land probe on Moon - 03/02/1966
Three astronauts die in Apollo 1 tragedy - 27/01/1967
Russian cosmonaut dies in space crash - 24/04/1967
First all-British satellite 'Ariel 3' launched - 05/05/1967
Soviets glimpse beneath clouds of Venus - 18/10/1967
US probe flies by hot and windy Venus - 19/10/1967
First astronauts orbit Moon - 24/12/1968
Apollo 10 gets bird's eye view of Moon - 22/05/1969
Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon - 16/07/1969
America lands man on the Moon - 21/07/1969
Second Apollo mission lands on Moon - 19/11/1969
Critical explosion cripples Apollo 13 - 14/04/1970
Soviet probe collects moon rock - 20/09/1970
Man plays golf on the Moon - 06/02/1971
Space mission ends in tragedy - 30/06/1971
Apollo 15 finds rock from birth of Moon - 01/08/1971
American probe orbits Mars - 13/11/1971
Apollo 16 safely on Moon after engine crisis - 20/04/1972
Astronauts return from last Moon mission - 14/12/1972
Americans end outer space marathon - 08/02/1974
Pictures of Mars from Viking ship - 20/07/1976
Skylab tumbles back to Earth - 11/07/1979
Europe launches first rocket - 24/12/1979
Saturn's rings caught on film - 12/11/1980
Voyager spacecraft reaches Neptune - 25/08/1989
Mars buggy starts exploring Red Planet - 06/07/1997
BBC News ISS Space Station's first visitors
CNN - Anxiety high as NASA prepares for Hubble repair job - May 20, 1999
CNN - Historic linkup Shuttle docks with space station - May 29, 1999
BBC News Sci-Tech Crash warning over Mir
CNN - NASA confirms fuel leak after shuttle landing - July 28, 1999
Crash prompts Russian rocket ban - 28/10/99
Ariane blasts off - 10/12/99
Inflatable heat shield gets space test - 02/02/00
New Japanese-U.S. X-ray satellite will be cool, really cool - 07/02/00
World's biggest parafoil flies - 07/02/00
Spacecraft poised to gather stardust - 21/02/00
Electrical trouble scrubs X-38 test flight - 28/02/00
Pioneer 10 gets new lease on life in outer solar system - 02/03/00
Sheffield rocket breaks record - 23/03/00
Flying success for space 'lifeboat' - 31/03/00
Space rockets to fire from plane - 18/04/00
Shuttle set for liftoff with 'glass cockpit' - 21/04/00
Mystery balls fall from the sky - 01/05/00
South Africa alerts Nasa as large metal balls fall from sky - 02/05/00
Rocketcam shows trip to orbit - 31/05/00
Sunken space capsule starts museum tour - 14/06/00
Plasma power could usher in human travel to Mars - 15/06/00
Rocket man [Steve Bennett] takes off - 06/07/00
Giant step to space for amateur - 07/07/00 The Rocket Man of Salford watched his latest projectile make successful flight
British rocketman scores hit in the sky - 07/07/00
StarChaser
Step forward for space station - 12/07/00 A Russian rocket carrying the key service module for the International Space Station blasts off from Kazakhstan
Launch for space station module - 12/07/00 RealVideo
Russia space programme back in air - 13/07/00 22-tonne space dormitory in which Nasa hopes astronauts will train for Mars hurtles into orbit
Space living 'would damage health' - 12/07/00 the skeletons within living cells may not form properly in zero gravity
Zvezda docks with space station - 26/07/00
Cluster satellites launch - 09/08/00
Nasa doubles Mars traffic - 10/08/00 Nasa announces that two probes will be sent on its 2003 mission to Mars
Manned flight to Mars in 2014? - 11/08/00
Satellite separation seen from space - 11/08/00
Laser guard for space station - 17/08/00
New space engine clocks up record - 19/08/00 the ion propulsion engine has been successfully powering the Deep Space 1 probe for 200 days
Deep Space 1
American, Russian shuttle crew finish spacewalk - 11/09/00
Shuttle crew enters space station - 12/09/00
Australian mammal is medical star - 11/09/00 Humans might be able to enter a state of "suspended animation" by studying the echidna
Atlantis returns home - 20/09/00
Rocketeers smash UK record - 02/10/00
Soaring toward Von Braun's vision - 05/10/00
100 missions and counting - 08/10/00
100th Space Shuttle FLight
Shuttle soars into space for 100th time - 11/10/00
Shuttle begins landmark mission - 12/10/00
Shuttle docks with space complex - 13/10/00
Space exploration: Chapter four - 30/10/00
First space station residents speed toward new home - 31/10/00
Crew blasts off for new space station venture - 01/11/00
Crew docks with space station - 02/11/00
IBM supercomputer to analyze objects in Earth's orbit - 21/11/00
Endeavour set for power mission - 29/11/00
Shuttle Endeavour touches down - 12/12/00
When to see the International Space Station from London
Space, Politics and British National Identity - 22/12/00 scramjet & hotol
Russians lose contact with Mir - 26/12/00
2001 Space Odyssey: Was Kubrick right? - 01/01/01
2001: Odysseus bound - 03/01/01
2001 - A Space Odyssey: Internet Resources
Mir meets its nemesis - 27/01/01
Delicate mission for astronauts - 10/02/01
Mir drops into the ocean - 23/03/01
Mir: the key facts - 23/03/01
Lift off: 40th anniversary of first manned space flight - 12/04/01 RealVideo
Space rockets to fire from plane - 19/04/01
Hypersonic jet prepares for test flight - 20/04/01
Profile: Tito the spaceman - 28/04/01
Space tourist reaches station - 30/04/01
Space station welcomes tourist - 30/04/01
Pioneer 10 phones home - 30/04/01 from over 7 billion miles away
How to be an astronaut - 11/05/01
Mystery force tugs distant probes - 15/05/01
Mach 10 scramjet prepares June launch - 25/05/01
Hypersonic speed attempt - 01/06/01
Nasa hypersonic jet fails - 02/06/01
Private rocket launch is 'suicidal' - 26/06/01
Shuttle launch coverage expands on the Web - 06/07/01
Happy birthday, space station - 26/10/01
China eyes the Moon - 23/11/01 China says it will launch a manned flight into space before 2005 to be followed by a mission to the moon
Amateur's rocket soars 5,000ft over Morecambe Bay - 23/11/01
Intelligent space suits on the horizon - 19/12/01
Ups and downs of space travel - 27/12/01
Mountains snapped from space - 25/01/02
Radio Signals from Beyond Solar System - 02/03/02 on its 30th anniversary Pioneer 10 speaks loud and clear from 7.4 billion miles in space
Tom and Jerry on weighty mission - 18/03/02 two satellites will investigate the Earth's shifting water masses and map their effects on the planet's gravity field
Twin probes to map Earth's gravity - 18/03/02
EU spends œ2bn to join space race with the US - 27/03/02
Grandads complete space mission - 14/04/02
Second space tourist set for take off - 23/04/02
Space tourist lifts off - 25/04/02
Millionaire is first 'Afronaut' - 26/04/02
Space tourist's 'fascinating' holiday - 30/04/02 Afronaut Mark Shuttleworth
Rocket man sets sights on $10bn space flight - 20/05/02 Steve Bennett, 38, is currently testing a radical new propulsion system in readiness for his next major launch at Woomera
China sets date for the Moon - 20/05/02 China says it is planning to establish a base on the Moon to exploit its mineral resources
Arianespace fights to survive - 20/05/02
China denies manned Moon mission plans - 21/05/02
US astronauts set endurance mark - 12/06/02
Hybrid success for British rocket - 25/06/02
Nasa grounds space shuttles - 26/06/02
An end to cloudy days for ocean researchers - 27/06/02 Aqua
Aqua makes a splash - 28/06/02 The first images from the Aqua satellite, designed to study the world's water, give a stunning view of Earth
Russia plans to put people on Mars - 05/07/02
Earthshine map helps predict weather - 11/07/02
Supersonic jet crashes in test - 14/07/02
In pictures: Supersonic jet crash - 14/07/02
Wanted: used spares for US space shuttle - 21/07/02
Spaceship sightings expected for weeks - 26/07/02
Nasa space probe missing - 15/08/02
Space probe 'broke in two' - 17/08/02
Atlas poised for liftoff - 21/08/02
Moon opens for business - 10/09/02 The first private Moon landing, to be attempted by TransOrbital of California, has finally been given the green light by the US Government
All-British rocket goes for record - 12/09/02
Catch a flying 'star' - 11/10/02 There goes Piers Sellers, the third British-born astronaut to get into orbit
British astronaut spots homeland from space - 14/10/02
Astronauts complete final spacewalk - 15/10/02
Cheaper, smarter space drive - 25/10/02
India plans Moon landing - 06/01/03
Seven die in shuttle disaster - 01/02/03
Columbia loss: What happened and when - 01/02/03
Witnesses speak of 'big bang' - 01/02/03
Nation stunned by shuttle disaster - 01/02/03
Text: Bush's address on shuttle disaster - 01/02/03
Analysis: Shuttle disaster - 01/02/03
In pictures: Columbia's final mission - 01/02/03
In pictures: Crash chronology - 01/02/03
The Columbia crew - 01/02/03
Columbia: Space pioneer - 01/02/03
Israeli astronaut carried nation's dreams - 01/02/03
Israel grieves for fallen astronaut - 01/02/03
India shocked at loss of astronaut - 01/02/03
Nasa 'ignored warning signs' - 02/02/03
Shuttle sensors give up more clues - 03/02/03
Shuttle's jets fired for control - 04/02/03
Supplies arrive for stranded astronauts - 04/02/03
Columbia's 'Achilles' heel' - 04/02/03 Attention now focuses on the wheel well door
Astronauts had 'minute's warning' - 05/02/03
Body of Israeli astronaut identified - 05/02/03
Nasa rejects launch damage theory - 06/02/03
US cracks down on shuttle 'looters' - 06/02/03
Britain's rocky road to Mars - 06/02/03
Nasa inquiry chief takes control - 07/02/03
Nasa focuses on wing fragment - 08/02/03
Space shuttle's left wing found - 11/02/03
European rocket bows out - 11/02/03
Shuttle disaster tape released - 12/02/03
Columbia 'puncture' theory examined - 14/02/03
Ariane 4 blasts into history - 15/02/03
Nasa plans shuttle successor - 20/02/03
Engineer 'gave shuttle warning' - 22/02/03 two days before the disaster
Mystery tile gives Columbia clue - 26/02/03
E-mails warn of shuttle loss - 27/02/03 The night before Columbia's destruction, US Space Agency (Nasa) engineers expressed fears that the shuttle's wing could burn off during re-entry, killing the crew
Shuttle crew's last minutes shown - 28/02/03
Europe targets the Moon - 04/03/03
Columbia's data recorder found - 20/03/03
NASA flagged foam as 'special topic' before Columbia - 21/03/03
UK seeks to go it alone in space - 24/03/03
Radar clues to shuttle accident - 02/04/03
Columbia was beyond help - 02/05/03
Private spacecraft tested - 23/05/03 SpaceShipOne is a reusable suborbital spacecraft developed by Burt Rutan
Europe's rockets get boosted - 27/05/03
Space Shuttles to fly in daylight only - 13/06/03
Minister hints at missions to planets - 15/06/03
'Probable cause' of shuttle disaster found - 25/06/03
Shuttle disaster 'smoking gun' found - 08/07/03
High hopes for Euro Moon mission - 18/08/03
Shuttle disaster report due - 26/08/03
Report turns spotlight on shuttle successor - 26/08/03
Columbia 'could have been rescued' - 27/08/03
Rocket reaches space station - 31/08/03
Nasa flight safety panel quits - 23/09/03
China puts its first man in space - 15/10/03
In pictures: China lift-off - 15/10/03
China and India back EU's space race against US - 31/10/03 By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels
Voyager 'at edge of solar system' - 06/11/03
Space station not hit by object - 27/11/03
Nasa still seeking shuttle patch - 12/12/03
'Headed out into the cosmos' - 15/01/04
Cargo ship reaches space station - 31/01/04
Space Shuttle delayed until 2005 - 19/02/04
Unique spacewalk cut short - 27/02/04
Astronauts may get time extension - 11/04/04
Soyuz makes 'bull's eye' landing - 30/04/04
Movie pilots ready for capsule catch - 06/05/04
Private spaceship almost in space - 14/05/04 Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne reaches 64Km
Amateur rocket fired into space - 18/05/04
Date set for private space launch - 02/06/04
Burt Rutan: Aviation pioneer - 17/06/04
Space pilot 'ready to go' - 21/06/04
New face on hypersonic flight - 21/06/04
Private craft makes space history - 21/06/04
Oxygen problem hits spacewalkers - 25/06/04
Private space ship 'back to form' - 08/07/04
Discovery edges closer to flight - 26/07/04
Date set for space prize attempt - 28/07/04
Spacewalk complete despite hitch - 03/08/04
Rutan aims to be on X-Prize flight - 05/08/04
Second team goes for space prize - 05/08/04 The da Vinci team publicly unveiled its spacecraft, Wild Fire VI, in Toronto
Nasa powers up with supercomputer - 06/08/04
X-prize contender rocket explodes - 09/08/04
Shuttle camera to watch fuel tank - 14/08/04
'Ordinary names' to go into space - 23/08/04
Big shuttle repairs not possible - 27/08/04
The technological line to the V-2 - 09/09/04
Space's largest window is built - 14/09/04
Towards an internet in space - 19/09/04
Rutan ready to realise vision - 25/09/04
Virgin boss in space tourism bid - 27/09/04
Virgin Galactic: The logical next step - 27/09/04
X-Prize craft set for space shot - 28/09/04
SpaceShipOne rolls to first mark - 29/09/04
A glimpse of SpaceShipOne's historic flight - 29/09/04
SpaceShipOne goes for next flight - 01/10/04
Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper dies at 77 - 04/10/04
SpaceShipOne takes to the skies - 04/10/04
'No experiments' for SpaceShipOne - 07/10/04
US-Russian crew blasts off to ISS - 14/10/04
New space crew docks with station - 16/10/04
Switches blamed for Genesis crash - 17/10/04
Plasma beam for 90-day Mars visit - 20/10/04
Crew's craft leaves space station - 23/10/04
Space station crew back on Earth - 24/10/04
Brazil launches rocket into space - 24/10/04
Rutan meets his rocket heroes - 25/10/04
Nasa to resume shuttle missions - 30/10/04
China aims for five days in orbit - 01/11/04
Firms look to shuttle successor - 10/11/04
Solar sail craft gets launch date - 10/11/04
Nasa jet set for speed record bid - 15/11/04
'Super-rocket' aims for January - 30/11/04
Q&A: Jean-Yves Le Gall - 30/11/04
Launcher eyes shuttle succession - 22/12/04
Huge rocket makes maiden flight - 22/12/04
Virgin soars towards new frontier - 27/12/04
Nasa delivers shuttle fuel tank - 07/01/05
Europe's 'super rocket' to launch - 13/01/05
Virgin boss unveils space trips - 16/01/05
Russia and Europe sign space deal - 19/01/05
Space station crew set for walk - 24/01/05
Clue to space station air problem - 26/01/05
Countdown to shuttle return flight - 02/02/05
Europe's super-rocket rides high - 12/02/05
Launch takes Japan back to space - 26/02/05
Thousands keen for space flight - 28/02/05
SpaceShipOne retires to museum - 28/02/05
Rosetta comet probe pictures home - 08/03/05
Prometheus looks to nuke future - 08/03/05
Voyager probes in funding crisis - 10/03/05
Satellite launched on spacewalk - 28/03/05
Shuttle rollout delayed by crack - 06/04/05
New shuttle tank ready for lift-off - 15/04/05
Soyuz blasts off on ISS mission - 15/04/05
Soyuz spacecraft docks with ISS - 17/04/05
Apollo 16 safely on Moon after engine crisis - 20/04/1972
Last launch for UK skylark rocket - 29/04/05
Skylark makes its final launch - 02/05/05
Voyager 1 pushes for deep space - 24/05/05
UK engineers navigate Europe's future - 01/06/05
Russia space centre 50 years old - 02/06/05
'007 spy suit' found in Nasa bunker - 08/06/05 and 008!
Solar sail gets ready for launch - 20/06/05
Solar sail probe 'probably lost' - 23/06/05
Shuttle 'buttoned' as clock ticks - 11/07/05
Snag won't hold up shuttle launch - 13/07/05
Nasa investigates shuttle failure - 14/07/05
Russia approves new space plans - 14/07/05
Pushing for the next giant leap - 18/07/05
Engineers still chase shuttle fix - 19/07/05
Discovery blasts off from Florida - 26/07/05
Nasa looks into shuttle 'debris' - 26/07/05
Launch Images - 26/07/05
Nasa grounds space shuttle fleet - 28/07/05
Nasa to continue shuttle checks - 28/07/05
Foam 'might have struck shuttle' - 29/07/05
Shuttle commander 'disappointed' - 29/07/05
Astronauts finish long spacewalk - 30/07/05
In pictures: Discovery spacewalk - 30/07/05
Nasa to give Discovery all-clear - 31/07/05
Nasa ponders fresh spacewalk trim - 31/07/05
Second spacewalk for astronauts - 01/08/05
Shuttle's heat-resistant surfaces - 01/08/05
Space shuttle to get critical fix - 02/08/05
Shuttle crew confident about fix - 02/08/05
Astronaut fixes shuttle problem - 03/08/05
Images of shuttle in orbit - 03/08/05
Discovery may need more repairs - 04/08/05
Shuttle crew see damage on Earth... Nasa rules against shuttle repair - 04/08/05
Shuttle crew begin journey home - 06/08/05
Shuttle return held for 24 hours - 08/08/05
Cosmic rays 'harm pilots' sight' - 08/08/05
Teens urged to be future thinkers - 09/08/05 Students in the UK will have the chance to win a visit to Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in a competition announced by the Arthur C Clarke Foundation
Space record broken by Russian - 16/08/05
Discovery's return home delayed - 20/08/05
Plans for Euro-Russian spaceplane - 27/09/05
Google and Nasa in space venture - 29/09/05
X-Prize man launches rocket race - 04/10/05
Arthur C Clarke still looking forward - 04/10/05
SpaceShipOne goes on show in US - 05/10/05
'Secret' base looks to bright future - 07/10/05
China countdown to space launch - 11/10/05
China astronauts blast into space - 12/10/05
China mission sets space record - 13/10/05
China spacecraft returns to Earth - 16/10/05
China outlines next space goals - 17/10/05
UK should 'reverse astronaut ban' - 18/10/05
Clear skies for Virgin spaceliner - 21/10/05
European students await launch - 26/10/05 The 52 kg micro-satellite, SSETI Express, has been designed and built by 100 students from 10 universities in nine countries
'Small' hope for student satellite - 31/10/05 A failure in the electrical power system onboard Sseti Express is preventing its batteries from charging
Asteroid encounter postponed - 04/11/05
Sea launch for UK-built satellite - 04/11/05
Super-rocket's next critical test - 12/11/05 Ariane 5 is set to blast off with its largest payload yet
Heavy-lift Ariane flies skyward - 16/11/05
Space trip delay for Trek actor - 17/11/05
Project Paperclip: Dark side of the Moon - 21/11/05 Sixty years ago the US hired Nazi scientists to lead pioneering projects, such as the race to conquer space
UK space effort 'starved of cash' - 23/11/05
UK space expertise 'on the line' - 29/11/05
Europe's space goals laid bare - 02/12/05
Plasma engine passes initial test - 14/12/05
New Mexico lands space business - 15/12/05
Satellite honours tsunami victim - 21/12/05 Tom Fairbairn, who was 25, worked on Giove-A, the test mission for Europe's satellite-navigation system, Galileo
Galileo puts UK on space map - 28/12/05
Space probe breaks laser record - 06/01/06 Messenger blasted off in 2004 on a mission to Mercury
Astronauts trained in ultrasound - 09/01/06
NASA spending to support shuttle - 07/02/06
New group to develop passenger spaceship - 16/02/06
Japan sends satellite into orbit - 18/02/06
Key role for 'British' astronaut - 18/02/06
ISS 'to be completed as planned' - 02/03/06
US-built oxygen generator ready for space station - 13/02/06
NASA tests next-generation space capsules - 07/03/06
Fourth flight for biggest Ariane - 12/03/06
Human spaceflight goes commercial - 21/03/06
SpaceX rocket fails first flight - 24/03/06
Voyager probes detail Sun domain - 24/05/06
Mission to target highest clouds - 26/05/06
Shuttle crew arrives in Florida - 14/06/06
Reiter flight shifts Europe's focus - 16/06/06
Safety fears as Shuttle date set - 17/06/06
Nasa proceeds with shuttle launch - 03/07/06
Shuttle Discovery races skyward - 04/07/06
In pictures: Shuttle Discovery - 04/07/06
Discovery docks after 'backflip' - 06/07/06
In pictures: Shuttle docks with ISS - 06/07/06
Discovery astronauts end spacewalk - 08/07/06
Launch for inflatable spacecraft - 12/07/06
Inflatable space module puffs up - 14/07/06
Discovery makes Florida landing - 17/07/06
Cloning Spaceshipone - 25/07/06
Nasa names new spacecraft 'Orion' - 23/08/06
Lockheed is awarded Nasa contract - 31/08/06
Inside Russia's space camp - 08/09/06
'Safe launch' for space shuttle - 10/09/06
'Mystery object' delays shuttle - 19/09/06
US private space rocket crashes - 26/09/06 SpaceLoft XL
Branson unveils Virgin spaceship - 28/09/06
Failed rocket found in New Mexico desert - 02/10/06
Astronauts set for mini-missions - 07/10/06
US adopts tough new space policy - 18/10/06
ISS supply ship fails to lock on - 26/10/06
Branson unveils Virgin spaceship - 28/10/06
Private Texas spaceport launches test rocket - 14/11/06 Bezos-owned Blue Origin is based in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington
Russian fires off space golf shot - 23/11/06
Shuttle set for 'complex mission' - 05/12/06
From Harrow to outer space - nearly - 08/12/06
Space shuttle set for ISS docking - 11/12/06
Amazon boss shows off spacecraft - 04/01/07
UK space enters 'critical period' - 08/01/07
Britain plans first Moon mission - 09/01/06
Stephen Hawking plans to see space - 09/01/07
UK space industry 'disadvantaged' - 10/01/07
The man who mined the stars - 12/01/07
Indian capsule returns from space - 22/01/07
Private rocket rides into space - 21/03/07
Space 'nerd' readies for lift-off - 06/04/07
European rocket powers to record - 04/05/07
Space agencies will 'co-ordinate' - 31/05/07
NASA to carry out shuttle repairs - 12/06/07
Firm rockets into space tourism - 13/06/07
'Space hotel' test craft launched - 29/06/07
'Jules Verne' set for sea voyage - 14/07/07
UK 'needs clear space strategy' - 17/07/07
'Space arrow' to map Earth's tug - 27/07/07
Air leak could hit shuttle launch - 01/08/07
Endeavour shuttle heads to space - 08/08/07
Nasa detects space shuttle damage - 11/08/07
Endeavour shuttle lands on Earth - 21/08/07
UK 'must have human space role' - 14/09/07
Russia marks 50 years of Sputnik - 04/10/07
A day in the life of an astronaut - 04/10/07
Ariane tests space truck sequence - 05/10/07
Landmark lift-off for space crew - 10/10/07
UK 'needs to be in space' - 01/11/07
Astronaut fixes torn solar panel - 03/11/07
Outing for giant military rocket - 11/11/07 The Delta IV Heavy successfully placed a 2.3-tonne Defense Support Program (DPS) spy spacecraft in orbit
Europe's 'big bird' nears flight - 13/11/07
UK military spacecraft launched - 14/11/07
ISS Astronauts aim for tight deadline - 20/11/07
Astronauts get ready for Columbus - 25/11/07
European lab 'is ready for space' - 04/12/07
You Tube: Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit by the crew of Apollo 8 - 14/12/07
UK push for space station modules - 07/01/08
Virgin unveils spaceship designs - 23/01/08
Huge space truck races into orbit - 09/03/08
Spacecraft left short by Proton - 16/03/08
Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90 - 19/03/08
Ion engine enters space race - 17/04/08
German rocket team member Ernst Stuhlinger, 94, dies in Huntsvillle - 26/05/08
Berlin unveils 'crewed spaceship' - 28/05/08
Manned spaceship design unveiled - 22/07/08
Branson unveils space tourism jet - 28/07/08
In pictures: Space tourism jet - 28/07/08
SpaceX launch fails a third time - 03/08/08
Proton rocket in return to flight - 18/08/08
'Jules Verne' awaits final voyage - 05/09/08
US space woes felt by Europe - 12/09/08
Final hurdle for UK's Moon shot - 24/11/08
Science could soar with world's most powerful rocket - 25/11/08
Europe's 10bn-euro space vision - 26/11/08
NASA celebrates Apollo 8's moon mission 40 years on - 22/12/08
Grim details of Columbia disaster - 31/12/08
Outer planets choice is narrowed - 21/01/09
Plans for UK satellite launcher - 03/02/09
Satellite collision raises concern over space traffic, debris - 12/02/09
Skylon spaceplane gets cash boost - 19/02/09
'Supermodel' satellite set to fly - 13/03/09 Goce will map minute variations in Earth's gravity
Space station unfurls solar wings - 20/03/09
SpaceShipTwo Mothership Makes Fastest Test Flight - 27/03/09
Russia to unveil spaceship plans - 03/04/09
NASA Completes First Full-Scale Motor Test for Orion Spacecraft - 16/04/09
Russia 'to save its ISS modules' - 22/05/09
Obama names US space agency chief - 24/05/09 Maj-Gen Charles Bolden
Moonwalk One: Apollo 11 landing film to be released on DVD - 26/05/09
Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test - 31/05/09
UK 'space jewel' set for polish - 26/06/09 The British space industry turns over £6bn annually and supports some 70,000 jobs
Light goes out on solar mission - 26/06/09 Engineers expect contact to be lost with Ulysses very soon
Europe targets manned spaceship - 07/07/09
NASA Successfully Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape - 08/07/09
Space companies eye HI as potential new frontier - 12/07/09
NASA defends its spaceflight plan - 30/07/09
NASA assembles Ares test rocket - 17/08/09
'Look Ma, No Parachute!' Lunar Lander Floats on Electric-blue Jets - 15/10/09
NASA's rocket roll-out complete - 20/10/09
Nasa launches rocket successfully - 28/10/09
Blast off for US Atlantis shuttle - 16/11/09
Former Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov dies - 22/11/09 he was a crew member of the Voskhod spaceship in 1964
NASA Uses Twin Processes to Develop New Tank Dome Technology - 02/12/09
Richard Branson unveils Virgin Galactic spaceplane - 08/12/09
UK to have dedicated space agency - 10/12/09
India plans manned space mission in 2016 - 27/01/10
NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology - 01/02/10
A big rocket is still a US priority - Bolden - 07/02/2010
SpaceX's New Rocket At Launch Pad for Final Tests - 23/02/10
Virgin spacecraft makes maiden voyage - 22/03/10
Tiny cube to tackle space debris - 26/03/10
Russian sun probe lost: official - 19/04/10
Space shuttle Discovery, crew of 7 back on Earth - 20/04/10 I heard the sonic boom in Little Rock at about 07:55am
South Korea rocket 'explodes' moments after take-off - 10/06/10
Japan unfurls Ikaros solar sail in space - 11/06/10
Mini-camera pictures Japan's Ikaros solar sail - 16/06/10
Voyager 2 At 12,000 Days - 29/06/10
Cooling system fault hits International Space Station - 01/08/10
Virgin Galactic slows satellite launcher plans - 02/10/10
Virgin spaceship makes its first solo flight - 10/10/10
Virgin spaceport runway completed - 23/10/10
X-37B US miltary spaceplane returns to Earth - 03/12/10
Private space capsule launched - 08/12/10
NASA Glory mission ends in failure - 04/03/11
NASA awards $270 million in spaceship contracts - 18/04/11
US and Europe plan new spaceship - 05/05/11
Space shuttle Atlantis in historic final lift-off - 08/07/11
In Pictures: Final shuttle launch - 08/07/11
The shuttle's successors - 19/07/11
Space shuttle Atlantis makes final landing - 21/07/11
In pictures: Space shuttle landing - 21/07/11
Bigger than Saturn, at last - Sep 21, 2011
Neil Armstrong says US Space Program 'Embarrassing' - Sep 22, 2011
Vega rocket set for maiden voyage - 12/02/12
U.S. Air Force space plane marks one year in orbit - 05/03/12
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos 'finds Apollo 11 Moon engines' - 28/03/12
How to get to space on the cheap - 16/04/12
Splashdown for SpaceX Dragon spacecraft - 31/05/12
Particles point way for Nasa's Voyager - 15/06/12
China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft returns to Earth - 29/06/12
Dream Chaser: A ‘family car’ for space - 03/09/12
Mojave Space Port: The ‘Silicon Valley’ of space - 15/10/12
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: 'Europe's rocket has no chance' - 19/11/12
Skylon spaceplane engine concept achieves key milestone - 28/11/12
A novel twist on space launches - 20/12/12
Europe and US agree details for Orion astronaut spacecraft - 16/01/13
Apollo rocket engines recovered by Bezos team - 21/03/13
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spaceship ignites engine in flight - 29/04/3
Astronauts replace pump on emergency spacewalk - 11/05/13
NASA's biggest rocket yet aims for 2017 test flight - 08/06/13
Russian rocket explodes in Kazakhstan - 02/07/13
Crash rocket "Proton-M" with 3 Glonass spacecraft - 02/07/13
Alphasat: 'Space A380' switches on 'brain' - 15/08/13

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NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space - 12/09/13 Voyager 1
Orbital's Cygnus space freighter embarks on maiden voyage - 18/09/13
Updated SpaceX Falcon rocket blasts off - 29/09/13
SpaceX knocks down claim that Falcon 9 rocket exploded in orbit - 01/10/13
Scott Carpenter, 2nd US Astronaut in Orbit Dies - 11/10/13
The first unmanned launch of a Saturn V on November 9th. 1967
Satellite hits Atlantic _ but what about next one? - 11/11/13
SpaceX launches SES commercial TV satellite for Asia - 03/12/13
Problem hits space station cooling system - 12/12/13
Nasa astronauts repair pump in rare spacewalk - 24/12/13
Skin-tight space suits 'support astronauts' bones' - 16/03/14
Virgin Galactic signs spaceflight deal with FAA - 29/05/14
V2: The Nazi rocket that launched the space age - 08/09/14
NASA picks astronaut crew ship designs - 16/09/14
Why India's Mars mission is so cheap - and thrilling - 24/09/14
'In-flight anomaly' on Virgin SpaceShipTwo - 31/10/14
Virgin Galactic crash: Descent system 'deployed early' - 03/11/14
Virgin Galactic crash: Pilots' actions analysed - 04/11/14
Europe signs on to Orion venture - 18/11/14
Nasa’s Orion spaceship makes splashdown - 05/12/14
SpaceX launches cargo ship but rocket recovery test ends in crash - 10/01/15
Europe's mini-space shuttle returns - 11/02/15
Airbus unveils 'Adeline' re-usable rocket concept - 05/06/15
Unmanned SpaceX rocket explodes after Florida launch - 28/06/15
Lost in space? Nasa under pressure - 12/08/15
Wall-less Hall thruster may power future deep space missions - 27/10/15
SpaceX rocket in historic upright landing - 22/12/15
The unrecognised decision that saved Apollo 13 - 15/04/16







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