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Mary L. Cleave, astronaut on two shuttle Atlantis missions, dies at 76

Dr. Cleave was inspired to return to climate research after seeing deforested parts of the Amazon from space.
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'Earth is in our hands': Astronaut Pesquet's plea for the planet

From his unique viewpoint hundreds of kilometres above Earth, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet said he felt helpless watching fires rage across the planet below, calling for more to be done to protect this fragile "island of life".

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