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After years of shooting items into space, it may be time to pick it up — and companies are now trying to figure out how.

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After years of shooting items into space, it may be time to pick it up.

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A look at the scientific breakthroughs changing the world, explorations in space and in worlds beyond our own and the threats posed to us by our own planet, both out of our control and of our own making.