News tagged with commercial space industry
Report identifies 16 highest priorities to guide NASA's Technology Development efforts for next 5 years
During the next five years, NASA technology development efforts should focus on 16 high-priority technologies and their associated top technical challenges, says a new report from the National Research Council. In addition, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Gingrich vows to establish a colony on the moon (Update)
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has stirred strong passions by claiming he will establish a permanent moon base by 2020 if elected, but experts say he is living on another planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Future of spaceflight? NASA is outsourcing the job
(AP) -- How America gets people and stuff into orbit is about to be outsourced in an out-of-this-world way.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Analysis: NASA flails as forces pull on it from all directions
NASA's human spaceflight program, once a symbol of America's technical supremacy, is flailing - beset by many of the same forces that once unified behind the agency to put a man on the moon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 19, 2011 |
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NM spaceport sets stage for commercial space race
(AP) -- British tycoon Richard Branson has dreamed of going to space since he was a teenager. He'll get his wish when Virgin Galactic begins taking tourists into suborbital space from a specially designed ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Private rocket launch successful on maiden flight (Update 3)
A privately owned rocket successfully blasted off on its first flight, marking a significant milestone for the space industry in the race to develop commercial carriers.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 04, 2010 |
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