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Flying robot leaps upwards and then takes to the air like a bird

A bird-inspired robot called RAVEN can walk, hop and jump into flight, an ability that could help people develop fixed-wing drones that can take off and land anywhere

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The RAVEN robot, which can jump up and take flight like a bird

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Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

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A dramatic return from space in Kazakhstan

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A dramatic return from space in Kazakhstan

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Astronauts may need medical evacuation from one-third of moon missions

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The crew will attempt the first commercial spacewalk with SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity suits, upgraded from the current intravehicular suit.

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Current laws cannot protect civilians in space if something goes wrong

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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew set to attempt the riskiest spacewalk yet

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Stranded ISS astronauts reveal the US space programme is not in crisis

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Two NASA astronauts may be stuck on the space station until February

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SpaceX prepares for Starship flight with first 'chopstick' landing

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The 60mm2 wafer that could work as a light sail

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Wafer-thin light sail could help us reach another star sooner

A mission to the sun’s closest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, could be made faster thanks to a tiny light sail punctured with billions of tiny holes

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Space travel may make muscles age extremely quickly

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Starliner and Starship launches propel space industry into a new era

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2X519P5 Cape Canaveral, United States of America. 05 May, 2024. The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on top of the ULA Atlas V rocket with crew gantry in position on Space Launch Complex-41 at the Kennedy Space Center, May 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Starliner is expected to launch May 6th on the first manned Crew Flight Test carrying astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station. Credit: Joel Kowsky/NASA Photo/Alamy Live News

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Starliner launch: When is Boeing testing its crewed space capsule?

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launch delayed due to rocket fault

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