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Why ISS astronauts don't know where to look for the April 8 total solar eclipseThe cameras aboard the International Space Station may be ready, but it's still not clear where to point them in order to capture the April 8 total solar eclipse.
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Could mini space-grown organs be our 'cancer moonshot'?Scientists say they're growing "organoids" in space to better understand cancer, neurological diseases and aging, and to hopefully uncover treatments.
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NASA astronauts finally find 1-inch tomato that was 'lost in space' for 8 monthsNASA astronaut Frank Rubio spent hours looking for a tomato that floated away on the International Space Station. Eight months later, his colleagues finally found it.
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A Russian cargo ship burnt to a crisp in Earth's atmosphere while ISS astronauts watchedA Russian spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station, only to burn up in Earth's atmosphere hours later as part of a routine waste disposal mission.
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What is Point Nemo, the remote, watery satellite graveyard where the ISS will go to die?In the furthest, deepest reaches of the ocean, there is a watery graveyard where the world's satellites and space stations go to rest.
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Astronauts accidentally dropped a tool bag on a spacewalk, and you can see it with binocularsA tool bag that gave astronauts the slip during a spacewalk at the International Space Station is surprisingly bright and can be seen from Earth with binoculars.
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'The forbidden space meal': What happens if you need to be a cannibal on Mars?In this book extract, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith look at cannibalism in space from a legal and culinary perspective.
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Ammonia leak on Russian section of International Space Station 'has now ceased,' but astronauts remain cautiousA toxic coolant leak discovered on Russian space station equipment is only the latest in a series of malfunctions in recent months.
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New drug could prevent bone loss on lengthy space missions, study in space-faring mice suggestsA new drug reduced bone loss in mice on the International Space Station, without causing any negative side effects.
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