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Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, dies
The former Nasa astronaut who made the “giant leap for mankind” in 1969 dies, aged 82.
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The Moon landing at 50: Man’s greatest leap into the unknown
Some 650 million people watched around the world as astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar module Eagle, planting the American flag on the moon. No space event has equalled it since. But with plans afoot to travel to Mars, will this generation have its own moon landing moment?
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Nasa picks SpaceX to build spacecraft to return humans to moon
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur behind the Tesla electric car brand is celebrating more success today after his SpaceX project was selected by Nasa to build the next moon lander. The $3 billion dollar project will try to land people on the moon by 2024, which would be 55 years since Neil Armstrong made history…
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Tributes paid to ‘father figure’ Sir Patrick Moore
Stargazer and iconic broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died aged 89 at home. Tributes from friends, fans and fellow astronomers have poured in.
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Kodak files for bankruptcy
The 130-year-old company, which invented the hand-held camera, files for bankruptcy protection in the US after years of falling sales.
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Space travel: what next for the final frontier?
Space hotels, bases on the moon and orbiting Venus: half a century after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, writer Nick Spall looks at what to expect in the next fifty years.
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Prince Harry, David Blunkett: phone-hacking trial week 3
Allegations of the hacking of people connected to two former home secretaries and the fourth in line to the throne: our summary of what happened in the past week at the Old Bailey.