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Observing Space

Introduction

Telescopes

Invisible Astronomy

Section 1.4

Section 1.5

Section 1.6

Section 1.7

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Exploring Space

Introduction

Pioneers

Shuttles

Launchers

ISS

USA in Space

UK in Space

China in Space

France in Space

Russia in Space

The X-Prize

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Section 2.13

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Section 2.15

Planets

Introduction

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

Section 3.11

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Section 3.13

Section 3.14

Section 3.15

Moons

Section 4.1

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Stars

Introduction

The Sun

Sirius

Canopus

Alpha Centauri

Arcturus

Others

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Comets, Meteors & Asteroids

Deep Impact Mission

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Galaxies

Section 7.1

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The Universe

Section 8.1

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Eclipses

Solar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse 2008

What Eclipses Have Taught Us

Significant Eclipses in History

The Blood Red Moon

Section 9.7

Section 9.8

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Section 9.15

Amazing Facts

Section 10.1

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Play: Comet Impact

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Section 11.15

Space Blog

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Section 13

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Section 14

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Section 15

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Exploring Space

Introduction

'Space, the final frontier...' as Captain Kirk famously said - and he was right, because man has always striven to explore what lies beyond his horizon.

Once we had discovered every part of our world, we set our sights on the stars, but it wasn't until fifty years ago that the technology was available to make this dream a reality.

Exploring space isn't just about finding out if there really are little green men on other planets! We can learn about where we come from, how life began on our planet and what will happen to the Earth in the future.

Photos: Hubble

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