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Mice, gerbils perish in space flight

Most of the 45 mice sent into orbit - along with the gerbils and 15 newts - died on the mission, which nevertheless returned with useful data.

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Son of SKA chalks up galactic first

Neutron star system comes into focus thanks to giant telescope’s forerunner.

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Lanlard will soon be a gastronaut

Baker Eric Lanlard, who is to appear at the Good Food & Wine Show, will be the first chef to go into space.

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Bion-M, part of the Russia's space program, is to conduct fundamental and applied research in space biology, physiology and biotechnology while in orbit.

Mice, gerbils perish in space flight
May 21 2013 at 09:39

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Dawn breaks over a radio telescope dish of the KAT-7 Array. Picture: Reuters

Son of SKA chalks up galactic first
May 20 2013 at 15:30

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Dawn breaks over a radio telescope dish of the KAT-7 Array. Picture: Reuters

Lanlard will soon be a gastronaut
May 20 2013 at 15:00

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Bion-M, part of the Russia's space program, is to conduct fundamental and applied research in space biology, physiology and biotechnology while in orbit.

Russia retrieves animals from space
May 20 2013 at 09:52

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Hundreds of meteoroid impacts on the moon, detected by Nasa's lunar monitoring program, are pictured in this undated Nasa handout photo.

Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash
May 20 2013 at 09:52

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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield after the Russian Soyuz space capsule landed some 150km southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan.

‘We hit the Earth just like a car crash’
May 17 2013 at 08:57

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This undated publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, Zachary Quinto, left, as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk in a scene in the movie, Star Trek Into Darkness.

Star Trek premieres in space
May 16 2013 at 18:00

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Deployable CanSat, a soda-can sized model of a satellite, floats back down to earth on a parachute following its test launch at All Nations University in Koforidua, Ghana.

Ghana students reach for the stars
May 16 2013 at 09:12

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This file artist's rendering provided by Nasa shows the Kepler space telescope.

Planet-hunting telescope crippled
May 16 2013 at 09:11

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File photo: A China-made Long March 3B rocket heads for space from the launching center in Xichang in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Missile hits highest suborbital level since ‘76
May 15 2013 at 09:30

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