Space

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Dr Stephen Grimes, Associate Professor in Stable Isotope Geochemistry and Climate Change at the University of Plymouth. He is stood up and looking to the left. He is wearing a white lab coat. In front of him is a microscope and bright light.

Call for citizen scientists to collect space dust

Resident are urged to join a cosmic quest for micrometeorites from space landing in their gutters.

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Two of the crew of the Artemis shown in orange spacesuits inside the spacecraft

'We go for all humanity' - emotional moment as Artemis II blasts off

There was giddy euphoria at the Kennedy Space Center after the launch, writes the BBC's Pallab Ghosh.

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'Spectacular!' - BBC journalist's emotional reaction to Artemis II launch

Science editor Rebecca Morelle watched from just three miles away as the most powerful rocket ever built blasted off from Florida.

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Spectators with their back to the camera as the rocket leaves a trail of smoke in the background against a blue sky

Watch the moment Artemis II blasts into space on historic mission

After delays and technical issues, the first crewed Moon mission in 50 years finally took off from Florida and is now in Earth's orbit.

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Splitscreen. Left, two astronauts smile at press. Right, an astronaut gives a thumbs up in the rocket.

Suited up and ready to go: Watch the Artemis crew's journey to launch

From spacesuit fitting to final communications checks in the rocket, the crew prepared for liftoff to begin their 10-day mission.

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The Moon visible behind the Orion spacecraft atop the SLS rocket system at the launchpad (Credit: Nasa/ Jim Ross)

How the Artemis Moon missions will set new records

Artemis II will take a team of four astronauts further from Earth than any other human has in history when it orbits around the far side of the Moon.

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Andrew Marshall-Lee has short brown hair. He is looking up into a golden telescope. He is wearing a maroon sweater and has his left hand on the blue base of the telescope.

Students eye high-tech plan for Nasa launch watch party

The PhD students will have the edge when it comes to tracking the Artemis mission to the Moon.

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A BBC journalist speaks to camera in a black top, with the a spacecraft in position on the ground on the right.

'It's phenomenal!': Excitement in Florida ahead of Artemis launch

BBC’s Leyla Khodabakhshi speaks to locals and visitors in Florida ahead of the Artemis II mission blast off.

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Johnson Space Center's mission operations control room during Space Shuttle mission (Credit: Getty Images)

In pictures: the changing shape of mission control

Space missions can succeed or fail from the support they get from mission control. Here, we look at the changing shape of Nasa's most important room in space.

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