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      28 September 2026
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    Watch | Hopping space robot plays live-action ping pong

    By Jamie Harris9 July 2019

    A dog-like robot being developed to hop across complex terrain on other planets has been used to play a live-action game of ping pong in its latest phase of testing.

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    Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic plans to go public and become the world’s first listed space-tourism venture, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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    By Agency Staff9 July 2019

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