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Russian and US state flags fly in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019. Photo: Reuters
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Russia backs extending space cooperation deal with US to 2030 - agencies

The US Commerce Department last month said it was tightening sanctions on some exports to Russia, but was partially excluding certain items such as those related to aviation and space

After seven months in space, NASA's Perseverance rover gently set down on Martian soil last month. Photo/Courtesy
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NASA's Perseverance 'SuperCam' begins hunt for past life on Mars

Yusaku Maezawa. Photo: David Mcnew/AFP/Getty Images
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Fly me to the Moon: Japan billionaire offers space seats

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Space hurricane which rains electrons instead of water discovered by scientists

The first image of Mars taken by China's Tianwen-1 unmanned probe is seen in this handout image released by China National Space Administration (CNSA) February 5, 2021. CNSA/Handout via REUTERS
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Mars ready for its close-up: China releases space probe's first image

The wine barrel sized microsatellite was launched by Canon in 2017 Photo: Collected
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Canon made a site that lets you 'take photos' from a real satellite

It took Niraj Gadher three attempts to launch a samosa into space Photo: Screengrab from YouTube
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Samosa in Space: UK man’s attempt fails, package crashes in France

Simulated image shows the positions and orbits of the newly discovered 591 high velocity stars by a Chinese research team. Photo: National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Chinese astronomers discover nearly 600 high-velocity stars

Photo taken on 5 November, 2018 shows a full-size model of the core module of China's space station Tianhe exhibited at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China) in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province/ Xinhua
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China to launch core module of space station in first half of 2021

The five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in southwestern China's Guizhou province is the only significant instrument of its kind Handout National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)/AFP
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China to open giant telescope to international scientists

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Space tourism: Virgin space plane set for first crewed flight

Screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, 6 December, 2020 shows the rendezvous and docking of the ascender of China's Chang'e-5 probe with the orbiter-returner combination. Photo:.Xinhua
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China completes its first-ever docking in lunar orbit

The Blue Origin rocket facility is shown near the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, March 3, 2019/ Reuters
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Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon's surface