Space & Discovery
Liftoff at Dawn: A Cargo Rocket Heads for the Space Station
The launch window opens just after sunrise, and the crew in orbit are waiting on fresh supplies and a new set of experiments.
Issue 214
Reading the week closely: culture, food, ideas and the wider world.
Science Correspondent
A former marine biologist, Samir now explains other people's research and keeps all of the error bars in.
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The launch window opens just after sunrise, and the crew in orbit are waiting on fresh supplies and a new set of experiments.
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The deep-field pictures show thousands of galaxies in a patch of sky smaller than a grain of rice held at arm's length.
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What was once an international event has become routine, and the skies above the launch sites are getting busy.
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Sealed for years on its way back to Earth, a handful of dust contains chemistry that nobody expected to find.
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