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Issues with the world’s biggest rocket mean human launches could be ‘years late’

SpaceX is yet to solve key challenge needed to land humans to the Moon

See breathtaking images of September's blood moon total lunar eclipse from Egypt.

When most of us think about what shaped our planet, we probably picture volcanoes, earthquakes, and huge continents slowly drifting apart (or back together again) over millions or billions of years. We also know meteorite impacts were important; our crater-packed Moon is clear evidence of that.

Each night, the Moon glistens in the night sky, replete with all sorts of meanings depending on the person viewing it. Poets and artists have contemplated it for thousands of years.

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At an internal staff briefing last week, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy declared the United States has a “manifest destiny to the stars”, linking this to the need to win the “space race”.

Galaxies, Auroras, the Moon, our Sun, planets and more – the Royal Observatory Greenwich reveals the winners of the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17

Chinese contributors locked out of Nasa systems and barred from in-person meetings