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Beijing hails successful mission to red planet as first step in ‘planetary exploration of the solar system’
Authority has tilted away from governments since Sputnik and the Apollo moon landings
Beijing looks to close gap with US to become a leader in exploring the cosmos
Moscow’s departure brings two decades of rare co-operation with West to a close
Joe Biden is to unveil the country’s deepest ever greenhouse gas reductions
Withdrawal comes as Moscow seeks to build its own space station and turns to China for co-operation
Ingenuity provides a ‘Wright Brothers moment’ for extraterrestrial mobility
Elon Musk beats Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to be sole contractor to build next lunar lander
Largest vehicle sent from Earth will conduct experiments and prepare samples for future missions to bring back
Mission controllers receive radio signal soon after car-sized vehicle touches down on the Jezero crater
Most sophisticated vehicle ever sent to red planet will search for signs of life and prepare way for human visits
The investment moral is to buy glass makers before gas makers
John Angerson’s images ahead of an Endeavour Space Shuttle launch capture courage and camaraderie
The UAE Mars mission used the expertise of different ages, nationalities and backgrounds
Bloc grapples with moon missions, satellite upgrades and space junk
The country’s accelerating space programme raises concerns of an extraterrestrial arms race
‘I’m waiting in for a plumber’
Researchers insist that only alien lifeforms would explain their detection of phosphine
Microbes may be generating phosphine gas in planet’s upper atmosphere, researchers find
This intriguing collision of light-slurping titans was a cataclysmic event that defies convention
The International Space Station veteran on the new space economy, and what life in orbit taught her about humanity
Musk company completes 2-month test mission to International Space Station
World powers developing new generation of ‘Star Wars’ military assets, experts say
Unmanned flight is latest marker in ambitious programme to outpace the US in space
Images released by European Space Agency were taken 77m km away from Earth
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