Space travel

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Sciences & Technology

You can’t explore the solar system on an empty stomach

Australian research on plants and food for space could provide vital fresh, nutritious and delicious meals for astronauts on Moon and Mars missions

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Sciences & Technology

The science behind life in space on ‘Away’

Unfolding spacecraft, artificial gravity, and space disease all feature on Netflix’s series ‘Away’, but how much of the action is true to life?

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Health & Medicine

Getting sick in space on the way to Mars

As NASA announces its aim to have humans on Mars by the 2030s via a Deep Space Gateway - humans who make the long space journey will experience health risks we’ve never faced before

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Sciences & Technology

What happened to Mars’ atmosphere?

Now we know the answer: It’s blowing in the (solar) winds

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Sciences & Technology

Running water = possibly life on Mars

The discovery of liquid water on the Red Planet is an important step in the search for life on our planetary neighbour, but it will take many more missions before we might find anything

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