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Taking a spin at the RAF's cutting-edge high-G training facility
In depth A 5,000-horsepower engine lets pilots experience forces up to 9G while flying a virtual jet.
SpaceX: everything you need to know
In depth How Elon Musk's company became the biggest name in commercial spaceflight, its current projects, and what's next.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captures beautiful 'space butterfly'
Space Week The butterfly's 'wings' are huge bubbles of gas and dust, which can clump together to create new stars.
Exploring the weird world of exoplanets
Space week As we come close to identifying the 4,000th exoplanet, we look at the most extraordinary ones discovered so far.
NASA’s incredible plans for six space telescopes all 'better than Hubble'
Space week From sunshades and x-rays to finding life on exoplanets, we could be about to enter a new golden age of astronomy.
Want to visit Mars? You can now take a virtual tour of the closest thing on Earth
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.
First China, then Israel – now India is landing on the moon in 2019
Space week The Chandrayaan-2 mission, scheduled to lift off in the coming months, signals Asia’s grand space ambitions.
Israel's Beresheet lunar lander captures a stunning sunrise from space
Space week The craft is due to touch down on the lunar surface on April 11, after some early technical hiccups.
