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An artist's rendering of the Lunar Mission One probe.

Kickstarter is going to the Moon in a new crowdfunded space mission

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You’ve always paid for space missions with your tax dollars, but now you can get even more involved thanks to a British team that’s using Kickstarter to fund a new lunar probe. Donors will even get a chance to leave their hair on the Moon if they fork over enough cash.

A picture shot by ESA's Rosetta mission's OSIRIS instrument shows asteroid Lutetia at a distance of 3162 km (1964 miles) its closest approach, July 10, 2010. The images show that Lutetia is heavily cratered, having suffered many impacts during its 4.5 bil

What’s a comet smell like? Scientist Monica Grady is keen to find out

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