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Keyword - Space

- Japan sets sights on solar power from space - Premium content
  
  Researchers aim to launch full-scale system by 2030.
  
  25 November 2009
- Cash crisis could ground NASA rocket - Premium content
  
  Crewed missions to the Moon are under threat, warns an expert panel.
  
  8 September 2009
- SPECIAL REPORT: Shooting for the Moon - Premium content
  
  The Apollo programme inspired thousands of people to pursue careers in science. Today, they still support human spacefaring — but baulk at the price. Richard Monastersky reports on the results of a Nature poll.
  
  15 July 2009
- Special: Apollo 40 years on - Premium content
  
  Exploring the legacy of the first manned lunar missions.
  
  19 June 2009
- Bush's legacy: 43 by the numbers - Premium content
  
  A look at George W. Bush's legacy in science.
  
  14 January 2009
- MUSE: Is the hunt for extraterrestrial life misguided? - Premium content
  
  Attempts to probe the Universe for advanced civilizations may be unscientific, says Philip Ball, but that shouldn't stop us.
  
  8 December 2008
- Space agency funding defies downturn - Premium content
  
  European ministers commit �10 billion to space missions, Earth monitoring and new facilities.
  
  28 November 2008
- IN BRIEF: Indian space mission stakes its claim on the Moon - Premium content
  
  19 November 2008
- IN BRIEF: India makes history with launch of Moon mission - Premium content
  
  29 October 2008
- India heads for the Moon - Premium content
  
  Chandrayaan-1 mission launches India into the space race.
  
  21 October 2008