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Do they really think the earth is flat?
In the 21st Century, the term & #34;flat-earther & #34; is used to describe someone who is spectacularly - and seemingly wilfully - ignorant. But is there still anybody out there who doesn't believe the earth is a globe?
Audio Slideshow: To the Moon and beyond
Iconic images from NASA's 50 years of space exploration.
Timeline: Space flight
A chronology of key events in space flight.
China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
China is capable of sending a manned mission to the Moon within the next decade, Nasa chief Michael Griffin tells the BBC.
France plans revolution in space
As it takes over the EU's rotating presidency, France says it wants to give European space policy a new political direction.
Google founder books space flight
Google co-founder Sergey Brin makes a $5m down payment to book a seat on a future space flight.
Guesses for an extraordinary decade
Predictions are a difficult business, and those experts who made theirs in 1960 little realised the tumultuous decade that was to follow.
Virtual telescope opens night sky
Microsoft launches a free tool that allows amateur star-gazers to explore the universe from their computers.
'No bias' against UK astronauts
UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.
'Cruise control' for spacecraft
A British-built engine powered by ions makes its first space trip this summer on Europe's gravity explorer probe.
Plants 'thrive' on Moon rock diet
European Space Agency scientists believe they are nearer to finding a way to grow plants on the Moon.
Titan: Treasures of Earth's oily twin
Data from Nasa's Cassini-Huygens probe reveals startling similarities between Saturn's moon Titan and Earth.
Nasa extends Saturn probe mission
The US space agency (Nasa) has extended the international Cassini-Huygens mission by two years.
Demand for Europe space rethink
The Royal Society's president says Europe should give up on manned space flight in order to compete.
Arthur C Clarke: predictions
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Nasa's chief talks new approach
US space agency boss Mike Griffin says Nasa will do a little less Mars exploration in future and more in the outer Solar System.
The 'big daddy' of space robots
The latest shuttle mission is delivering Dextre, a remarkable new robot, to the space station.
Cassini makes audacious flyby
Nasa's Cassini spacecraft made an ultra-close pass of the Saturnian moon Enceladus.
Written in the stars?
MI5 used an astrologer during World War Two to try and guess Hitler's next moves, it has been revealed. So can the stars help today's leading figures?
Japan blasts satellite into space
Japan launches a satellite designed to enable super high-speed data transmission in remote areas.