Fifty-five years ago today, Tereshkova became the first woman to enter space
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Heroes of Space: The Mercury 13 crew
In a time of gender prejudice, these women were denied the chance to fly into space, despite their obvious and remarkable capabilities
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Heroes of Space: James E. Webb
The man without whom NASA might never have made it to the Moon.
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New Horizons Update: New global maps of Pluto and Charon released
Now, thanks to the efforts of the team behind the spacecraft, the first official validated topographical maps published and are available to all
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Meet the winners of Lockheed Martin’s Generation Beyond challenge
All About Space caught up with the four pupils of Alpha Prep School in North London who recently won the prize, which seeks to inspire the next generation of astronauts
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How dangerous is radiation on Mars?
Could we protect ourselves from radiation on the Red Planet?
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Heroes of Space: Vladimir Komarov
Did this Soviet cosmonaut crash back to Earth screaming in rage at his superiors?
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Heroes of Space: Michael Collins
On the 49th anniversary of Apollo 11’s launch to the Moon, we profile the man who experienced one of the most profound bittersweet moments of all time
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Dawn displays unique view of Occator Crater
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned amazing images of the dwarf planet Ceres whilst in a low orbit, including particularly stunning images of the Occator Crater
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Heroes of Space: Gene Kranz
One of NASA’s most decorated flight directors for whom failure was not an option.
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Heroes of Space: Sally Ride
Why the first American woman in space will be remembered forever.
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UK Pupils win NASA module design space challenge
Five United Kingdom primary schools are over the moon after winning a NASA spacecraft design competition
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Heroes of Space: Yuri Gagarin
We’ve been a space-faring species for over half a century thanks to Yuri Gagarin, our first cosmic explorer
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Who was the first spacewalker?
Find out who went alone into the cosmos first right here.
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Kepler finds 80 exoplanet candidates in astonishing record time
The haul includes a particular standout: a likely planet that orbits the star HD 73344, which would be the brightest planet host ever discovered by the mission
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Curiosity captures photos of thickening Martian dust storm
Though the rover is on the other side of Mars from Opportunity, the dust has steadily increased over it, more than doubling over the weekend
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Heroes of Space: Frank J Malina
The rocketeer who laid the foundations for the space program
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Opportunity encounters a heavy Martian storm
One of the thickest dust storms ever observed on Mars has been spreading for the past week and a half.
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Who built the first space station?
They might have lost the race to the Moon, but the Soviets beat NASA to the punch when it came to space stations…
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Celebrating a decade of the Fermi Space Telescope
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has been observing the most energetic events and objects in the universe for the past ten years