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Page last updated at 14:21 GMT, Sunday, 19 July 2009 15:21 UK

Buzz Aldrin in front of lunar module
New images of Moon landing sites
A US spacecraft takes pictures of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, showing footprints and hardware left behind decades ago.
Moon probe returns first images
Lift off for Nasa's lunar probes

Astronaut Tim Kopra (L-top) during the first spacewalk (Nasa handout) Astronauts on ISS spacewalk
Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour complete the first of five spacewalks at the International Space Station.

Brazilian environmental officials examine British waste at a cargo terminal at Guaruja near Sao Paulo UK set to take back Brazil waste
The UK is working with Brazilian authorities to organise the return of more than 1,400 tonnes of British toxic waste.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Human footprint on Moon
First step
Recalling Nasa's Apollo 11 'giant leap for mankind' lunar mission in sound and pictures
Fergus Walsh Fergus On Flu
Time for concern, not panic, on swine flu
Nuclear sign Future headache
Is the UK's nuclear waste strategy in jeopardy?
Jonathan Amos Spaceman
Proof the Apollo moment still resonates

THE GREEN ROOM
Environmental opinion and debate
EARTH NEWS
Reporting life on Earth
Terraced houses (Image: BBC) Home energy saving pays its way
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