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New race to the moon: could a German be first this time?

Man is returning to the moon - and with him old rivalries and new ambitions. Europe wants to have its say; Germany wants to be at the forefront. A historic opportunity beckons for Berlin.

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1st European to fly to the moon will be German

A German astronaut will be the first European to fly to the moon with a future NASA-led Artemis mission.

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Europe stages a moon landing to learn how to photograph the real thing (photos)

Built on a set in a specialist facility in Germany, a mockup of a lunar landscape is helping imaging experts learn how to take better images and video footage on the moon.

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Euronews Tech Talks: The podcast unravelling the big questions shaping Europe's digital landscape

Euronews Tech Talks goes beyond discussions to explore the impact of new technologies on our lives.

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ESA Opens Lunar Simulation Facility For Astronaut Training

ESA unveils LUNA lunar simulation facility in Germany to train astronauts for future moon missions, replicating lunar conditions with volcanic rock and low...

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Though it's not the moon yet, it's the next best thing for European astronauts

It will be years before the European Space Agency can send one of its astronauts to the moon, but the agency says it’s time to start practicing as it opened a facility in Germany that will let astronauts train in conditions like those on the lunar surface

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SpaceX Brings 4 Astronauts Home with Midnight Splashdown

SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, capping the busiest month yet for Elon Musk’s taxi service. The three US astronauts and one German in the capsule were bobbing off the Florida coast, near Tampa, less than 24 hours after leaving…

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SpaceX: Elon Musk's space taxi service brings four astronauts back to Earth

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SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown, then launches 53 Starlink satellites

SpaceX has returned four astronauts from the International Space Station with a midnight splashdown off the Florida coast

The Hindu

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown

The return of three Americans and one German marks the busiest period yet for Elon Musk's space taxi service.

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Four-Astronaut Team Departs International Space Station on Flight Back to Earth

The third long-duration team of astronauts launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA safely departed the orbiting outpost early on Thursday to begin their descent back to Earth, capping a six-month science mission. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying three US NASA astronauts and a German…

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Record-setting NASA astronaut, crewmates return to Earth from space station

After extending the record for the longest single spaceflight in history by an American to 355 days, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth on Wednesday, March 30, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov.

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