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Hadfield departs ISS with a song video

"It's just been an extremely fulfilling and amazing experience end to end," Hadfield told Mission Control on Monday.

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The annular solar eclipse can be seen atop Observatory Hill in Sydney (Reuters)

'Ring of fire' eclipse crosses Pacific

The moon glided between the Earth and sun, blocking everything but a dazzling ring of light.

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Commander Chris Hadfield singing in the International Space Station

First music video in space video

Astronaut Chris Hadfield has made a music video for his cover of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' in the International Space Station.

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NASA said the leak, while significant, never jeopardised crew safety on the space station  (Reuters)

Spacewalking repair halts station leak

Astronauts made a rare, hastily planned spacewalk to replace a pump outside the International Space Station yesterday.

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The Soyuz TMA-08M (Reuters)

NASA's launch costs skyrocket

NASA is paying US$424 million more to Russia to get US astronauts into space.

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Investigators stand amid the aftermath of a massive explosion at a fertiliser plant (Reuters)

The science of explosions video

What links the Boston Marathon attack, the Texas fertiliser plant disaster and Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic?

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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, still mated to mated to its carrier aircraft WhiteKnightTwo (Reuters)

SpaceShipTwo makes first powered flight

SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert.

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False-colour image of the storm, taken by Cassini

Massive storm at Saturn's north pole

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole.

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Spirit rover's naughty 'art' (NASA)

Mars rover beams back rude drawing

Someone – perhaps a bored NASA engineer – has drawn a giant penis on the surface of the red planet.

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