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    SpaceX launches rocket with astronaut capsule Jump to media player The new combination could be approved to carry people if the mission is successful.
    • 02 Mar
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    Google cancels $30m moon travel contest Jump to media player The Lunar X prize hoped to find cheap, creative ways to travel the 240,000 mile journey in space.
    • 25 Jan 18
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    'Why I've bought a ticket to the Moon' Jump to media player Space X's mission to the Moon will be the first lunar journey by humans since 1972.
    • 07 Oct 18
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    Meet the mini Moon explorer Jump to media player A team in Bangalore has entered the Google Lunar X Prize to land a rover on the Moon.
    • 28 Sep 17
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket and astronaut capsule

In a major step for the US, the demonstration could lead to the rocket and capsule being approved to carry people.

Routine crew missions to the space station could start later this year.

  • 02 Mar 2019
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