Space

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  1. An artists mock-up of the refuelling station in action. The refuelling tool is on the left hand side, whilst a satellite is on the right

  2. A recent photo of Helen Sharman smiling at the camera. She has short brown hair and is wearing rimmed glasses

  3. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 16 August.

  4. SpaceX's Starship flies during its fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas.

  5. SpaceX Starship booster caught in mid air

  6. A blue sky, with a yellow haze underneath. In the yellow haze, there is a streak of bright light, next to some wisps of dark cloud.

  7. Starship taking off in a blaze of clouds

  8. Meteors streaking though clear skies over a church in Northern Ireland

  9. Digital illustration of asteroid entering atmosphere of a blue planet.

    • BBC Radio 3

  11. Prof Brian Cox sits on a hillside. He is wearing a green top and is staring directly at the camera.

    • BBC Radio 4

  14. sunita williams in india

  15. astronaut in a capsule

  16. Barry 'Butch' Wilmore and Sunita Williams

  17. A circular metal part spins in zero gravity as two astronauts look on wearing masks and goggles

  18. Isaacman leaning out of capsule silhouetted against Earth

  19. Astronaut silhouetted on Earth

  20. photographers silhouetted against rocket take off

  21. Boeing and NASA teams work around the Starliner spacecraft after it landed on Saturday

  22. ISS orbiting over globe with green and purple lights shining over Earth

    • BBC Radio 4