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The new space race: An image from the launch of the Audible book Artemis: Journey to the Moon. Photo: Ilya S Savenok/Getty Images/Audible

Nokia and Nasa to install 4G on the Moon

Installing a wireless network on the Moon is just one step toward establishing a long-term human presence there

Sochi Olympic torch bearers return from space

A trio of astronauts who carried an Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games into space last year, have landed safely despite bad weather.

Christmas in space: Astronauts do festive fix on ISS

Space station astronauts have repaired a crippled cooling system during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk.

Astronaut Chris Cassidy.

Astronauts take spacewalk to fix space station leak

Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station have begun a spacewalk to try to fix an ammonia leak in a cooling system.

In this week’s Weekend 101: Sadtu calls for Angie Motshekga to resign

Weekend 101: Angie in trouble … again

In this week’s Weekend 101: Sadtu calls for Angie Motshekga to resign, Boston bombing mom speaks out and South Africa tweeted … from space.

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Astronaut tweets pictures of SA from space

An astronaut living at the International Space Station has taken South Africa to new heights by tweeting pictures of the country as seen from space.

Brain scans put long-term space missions in doubt

Nasa astronauts’ brain scans, who returned from space after a month, have shown dangerous abnormalities that could hamper future space trips.

Soyuz with US

Soyuz with US, Russian astronauts docks at ISS

The Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut has docked at the International Space Station.

US astronaut describes his space experience

One of the first space walking astronauts to repair the Hubble State Telescope described his experience in space as "always kind of fun".

Sons of Russian, US astronauts unite in orbit

The sons of a Russian cosmonaut and a United States astronaut met in space on Tuesday.

Astronauts open up billion-dollar space lab

Astronauts opened up Japan’s new billion-dollar space-station lab on Thursday, then got ready for another spacewalk.