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Amusing NASA video catches Apollo astronaut's clumsy moments
This footage shows NASA's Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt having a series of clumsy moments on the surface of the moon. Schmitt struggles with his lunar rock sample collection bag before tripping and falling over the object while wearing
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Chernobyl's mould could protect astronauts in space!
Working in space can be a dangerous endeavour for the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, but scientists are now looking at ways to use mould from Chernobyl to protect them from deadly cosmic rays. Apart from orbiting the Earth at
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How did a plastic wrap end up on Mars?
Typically, the Earth-like objects spotted on Mars, be they rodents, sculptures, or eating utensils, end up being oddly shaped rocks - but there was one notable instance where that wasn't the case. A plastic wrap spotted by NASA's
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Why Nasa lit a fire inside cargo spacecraft in space
Spacecraft are extraordinarily expensive and not that easy to come by, so why did Nasa recently set fire to one? It was all part of a set of space fire experiments inside Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft. Saffire, Nasa's
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Scientists may have spotted signs of a parallel universe where time runs backward
NASA scientists say they may have discovered evidence of a parallel universe where time runs backwards. The potentially incredible find was made by a team of boffins conducting an experiment in Antarctica. The idea of a parallel universe has
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Mission impossible? Tom Cruise teams up with Nasa to shoot film in space
Tom Cruise is set to team up with Nasa to shoot a movie in space. The Hollywood star, 57, is known for his all-action approach and does his own stunts, including a high altitude freefall for 2018's Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
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Who's In? NASA envisions a floating city above Venus
With its roughly 870 degrees Fahrenheit temperature, literally crushing surface pressure and toxic air, Venus is very much uninhabitable. However, according to NASA, the space thirty miles above it could be a perfectly lovely place to live. A
