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The moon

Graphene heads to the moon

30 Nov 2022

Cambridge researchers are part of a European project testing graphene’s ability to protect spacecraft against the sticky, sharp dust on the moon’s...

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasts off

Opinion: How to launch a rocket into space … and then land it on a ship at sea

13 Apr 2016

Hugh Hunt (Department of Engineering) discusses the intricacies of reusable spacecraft.

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Image taken in stratosphere using Android phone, from previous CUSF project ‘Squirrel 3’ which used smartphone to pilot high-altitude balloon

Your chance to ‘scream in space’ using smartphone technology

25 Oct 2012

Cambridge students will be loading human screams onto a smartphone that will be blasted into outer space later this year. The public are invited to...

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High Speed at the Edge of Space

30 Jun 2011

Cambridge students have tested a parachute capable of safely landing a probe on Mars.

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