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Six Russian women who underwent eight days of simulated space flight in a mock space capsule.

Could Russia be the first nation to send a woman to the Moon?

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Here’s the story of the Soviet Union’s pioneering female cosmonauts program and Russia’s efforts of late to revive it.

Kelly brother astronauts

NASA is using twin brothers to observe the effects of zero gravity on the human body

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This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is already historic, and it’s just getting started

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An artist's rendering of a habitable moon orbiting a gas giant planet.

Life beyond Earth? The best bet may be on moons, not planets

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