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SpaceX rockets back to Earth

THE unmanned Dragon spacecraft has left the International Space Station after a month in orbit, loaded with lab results from experiments conducted in space.

FILE - In this June 1983 photo provided by NASA, astronaut Sally Ride, a specialist on shuttle mission STS-7, monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the shuttle Columbia flight deck. Ride became America's first woman in space when Columbia launched June 18, 1983. (AP Photo/NASA/File)

Why women will be first on Mars

FORGET the blokes, researchers are now saying women should be sent to Mars — and it’s not because they are better at reading maps.

Secret US drone returns from space

Secret US drone returns from space

A TOP secret US robot space plane has landed back on Earth after a 22-month orbit, although the craft’s mission remains shrouded in mystery.

Comet’s close encounter with Mars

Comet’s close encounter with Mars

ROBOTIC eyes have scanned the skies of Mars as an enormous comet skimed past at 200,000km/h.

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$This artist's concept illustration provided October 14, 2014 by NASA depicts the Comet Siding Spring (2013 A1) and Mars. On October 19, Comet Sliding Spring, a comet that has travelled many billions of miles, will come within about 87,000 miles of Mars, about one-third of the distance of the Moon from Earth. Comet Siding Spring comes from the Oort Cloud, material left over from the formation of the solar system. Oort Cloud material, including comets, is scattered through a vast region that begins outside the orbits of Neptune and Pluto and extends a substantial fraction of the distance to Proxima Centauri, the closest neighboring star. Oort Cloud comets can tell scientists about the materials - including water and carbon compounds - that existed during the formation of the solar system some 4.6 billion years ago. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NASA == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT:$

Earth’s close call could fry electronics

SCIENTISTS are bracing for the closest-ever comet to pass Earth this weekend, that could fry electronics and puncture fuel lines on spacecraft. Should we be worried?

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Humans to die on Mars in 68 days

THE first death would come 68 days into the mission to live on Mars. This is how scientists believe death would creep up on people colonising the Red Planet.

Home for eight months ... The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) dome on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Picture: Sian Proctor and University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ex-UNSW academic’s fake Mars stay

A FORMER UNSW academic is living in a dome for eight months in NASA’s longest simulation of life on a space station on Mars.

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America’s secret spacecraft to touch down

America’s secret spacecraft to touch down

FOR the last 22 months a secret military mission to space has vexed stargazers. Is it a weapon? Is it spying? Now it’s about to land.

This picture provided by the US Air Force shows personnel inspecting the X-37B, the Air Force's first unmanned re-entry spacecraft, after landing on December 3, 2010 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The X-37B, named Orbital Test Vehicle 1 (OTV-1), conducted on-orbit experiments for more than 220 days during its maiden voyage, and fired its orbital maneuver engine in low-earth orbit to perform an autonomous reentry before landing, according to the Air Force. AFP PHOTO/US AIR FORCE/HO ++RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE � NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS++

What happened on secret mission?

AMERICA’S mystery space drone is coming home today after a record 22 months in orbit — and there’s a big secret on board.

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Teen may be first person on Mars

THIS 13-year-old girl has been training to be an astronaut for nine years and is determined to become the first person to land on Mars.

This image obtained September 22, 2014 shows an artist concept of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission. MAVEN is part of NASA's Mars Scout program, funded by NASA Headquarters and managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Launched in November 2013, the mission will explore the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. On September 21, 2014, MAVEN entered orbit around Mars, completing an interplanetary journey of 10 months and 442 million miles (711 million kilometers). Scientists will use MAVEN data to determine the role that loss of volatiles from the Mars atmosphere to space has played through time, giving insight into the history of Mars' atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability. AFP PHOTO/NASA/LOCKHEED MARTIN/HANDOUT = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Put to sleep for six-month Mars trip

THERE is only one way astronauts could survive the six-month journey to Mars: asleep. Now NASA is finding a way to make that happen.

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The sequences of the Lunar Eclipse tonight. Picture: Jay Town

Eclipse turns Moon blood red

STARGAZERS in Australia and around the globe have watched a lunar eclipse bathe the moon in red to create a “Blood Moon”.

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A blood red moon rose over the Gold Coast. Picture by Scott Fletcher

How to watch tonight’s ‘blood moon’ eclipse

THIS evening, our night will be a little darker, with the second lunar eclipse this year taking place. It’s known as the ‘blood moon’.

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Is Pluto coming back in from the cold?

REMEMBER when there used to be nine planets? And then poor old Pluto was kicked out of the solar system? Well, guess what? It may be back.

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The rusting brown shell of a one time cargo ship lies in what was once a bay in the Aral Sea near the village of Zhambul, 21/06/2007. The Aral Sea, once the size of Ireland has, due to disastorous Soviet Union irrigation sytems, decreased to about a quarter its size with experts predicted it would disappear completely by 2020.

The sea disappearing before our eyes

IT WAS once the size of Ireland, but after 5.5 million years, devastating pictures reveal this sea is now barren. And it won’t be back.

In a testing procedure, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle taxis on the flightline March 30, 2010, at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, FLa. (Courtesy photo)

The Pentagon’s secret drone

FOR nearly two years an unmanned plane has circled the earth on a top secret mission. It’s called the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle — but that’s pretty much all we know for certain.

CREDIT: NASA Curiosity Finds a Weird 'Ball' on Mars

OK, who left the ball on Mars?

NASA’S Curiosity rover has photographed a perfectly round ball-shaped object on the surface of Mars. What is it?

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Russia's cosmonaut Yelena Serova attends a press conference at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome on September 24, 2014. The launch of the Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) with US astronaut Barry Wilmore, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyayev and Yelena Serova is scheduled for September 26, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV

Astronaut has no time for dumb questions

SHE is the first woman to venture into space in 17 years. But before blast-off, she faced a volley of condescending questions about her hair and family.

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Earth’s water came from outer space

SCIENTISTS have discovered at least half the world’s water was inherited from space and is older than the sun. It might mean we are not alone in the universe.

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2013 file photo, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25) rocket lifts off carrying India's Mars spacecraft from the east-coast island of Sriharikota, India. With home-grown technology and a remarkably low budget of about $75 million, India could become the first nation to conduct a successful Mars mission on its first try. If the Mars Orbiter Mission, or MOM, settles into orbit in the morning Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, as planned, the country will join the U.S., European Space Agency and the former Soviet Union in the elite club of Martian explorers. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K, File)

Indian spaceship reaches Mars

AN INDIAN spaceship has successfully become the only ship to enter Mars’ orbit in its first attempt on a budget nearly 10% the size of a NASA Mars mission.

This image obtained September 22, 2014 shows an artist concept of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission. MAVEN is part of NASA's Mars Scout program, funded by NASA Headquarters and managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Launched in November 2013, the mission will explore the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. On September 21, 2014, MAVEN entered orbit around Mars, completing an interplanetary journey of 10 months and 442 million miles (711 million kilometers). Scientists will use MAVEN data to determine the role that loss of volatiles from the Mars atmosphere to space has played through time, giving insight into the history of Mars' atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability. AFP PHOTO/NASA/LOCKHEED MARTIN/HANDOUT = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

NASA’s MAVEN enters Mars orbit

AS NASA’S MAVEN spacecraft orbits Mars, there are hopes the mission will provide clues about the Red Planet’s potential to support life.

In this artist concept provided by NASA, the MAVEN spacecraft approaches Mars on a mission to study its upper atmosphere. When it arrives on Sunday Sept. 21, 2014, MAVEN's 442 million mile journey from Earth will culminate with a dramatic engine burn, pulling the spacecraft into an elliptical orbit. It's designed to circle the planet, not land. (AP Photo/NASA)

What happened to the water on Mars?

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft began orbiting Mars today on a mission to study how the Red Planet’s climate changed from warm and wet to cold and dry.

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The view from Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 1:52 a.m. Sunday morning Sept. 21, 2014. This is a two and a half minute time exposure of the launch. AP/Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today

SpaceX launches 3D printer to ISS

WATCH a SpaceX cargo ship lift off and rocket toward the International Space Station, carrying the first 3D printer for astronauts in orbit.

What created this strange spiral?

What created this strange spiral?

A MYSTERIOUS crop circle has been spotted in an English hamlet founded by medieval order the Knights Templar — and it’s the second to be found in the area.

You’ve never seen a hurricane like this before

You’ve never seen a hurricane like this before

THIS isn’t your average view of a hurricane. Some people in a very unusual spot have taken breathtaking photos of Hurricane Edouard in all its might.

In this undated image provided by NASA, astronaut Randy Bresnik prepares to enter The Boeing Company's CST-100 spacecraft for a fit check evaluation at the company's Houston Product Support Center. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, NASA will announce which one or two private companies wins the right to transport astronauts to the International Space Station. The deal will end NASA's expensive reliance on Russian crew transport. The contenders include SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corp., and Boeing. (AP Photo/NASA)

Astronauts to fly commercial

NASA astronauts will be flying into space aboard American spacecraft once again, breaking the USA’s reliance on Russian rockets. But they won’t be on board NASA ships.

Asteroid impact on Earth

How NASA is failing us all

NASA’S own chief inspector has blasted the space agency for failing to protect Earth from potentially catastrophic asteroids.

The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe will release a robot lab called Philae in an audacious bid to land on speeding comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Picture: ESA

Scientists pick spot to land box at 60,000km/h

SCIENTISTS pick the spot to attempt the first-ever landing on a comet. And it won’t be easy, with the cliff and boulder-ridden comet travelling at nearly 60,000km/h.

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Is this proof of life on Mars?

THERE really was life on Mars according to scientists, who have found new evidence in a 1.3 billion-year-old martian meteorite.

This image provided by NASA, shows an extreme ultra-violet wavelength image of solar flare captured about 1:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. It’s been several years since Earth has had a solar storm of this size coming from sunspots smack in the middle of the sun, said Tom Berger, director of the Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/NASA)

Solar storm heading Earth’s way

TWO big explosions on the surface of the sun are about to cause a geomagnetic storm on Earth, with possible disruptions to radio and satellite communications.

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