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Space Week Google Earth now lets you 'visit' Devon Island, which is so similar to the Martian surface, it's used by NASA for training.

Space week The Chandrayaan-2 mission, scheduled to lift off in the coming months, signals Asia’s grand space ambitions.

Space week The craft is due to touch down on the lunar surface on April 11, after some early technical hiccups.

Space week Mathematicians, artists, and software engineers are using raw data from the world’s first interplanetary outreach camera to produce jaw-dropping images.