SpaceX debuts new crew capsule in crucial test flight
SpaceX closes in on human spaceflight with this weekend's debut of a new capsule designed for astronauts.
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Feb 28, 2019
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Space subjects that will get the world's attention in 2019 and beyond
The first few days of 2019 brought remarkable news from outer space. On January 1 NASA's New Horizons space probe made the most distant planetary flyby ever, and captured images of a small object 4 billion miles away from ...
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Jan 14, 2019
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Ex-NASA astronaut says it wouldn't be so bad to transfer space station to private management
When word got out that the Trump administration wanted to end government funding of the International Space Station by 2025, resistance to the idea was swift and forceful.
Space Exploration
Mar 5, 2018
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US wants to privatize International Space Station: report
Could the International Space Station become a commercial venture run by private industry?
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2018
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Opinion: SpaceX explosion shows why we must slow down private space exploration until we rewrite law
The recent explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a test on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral may have opened a Pandora's box of legal problems previously only discussed with hushed voices in space law circles.
Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2016
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Can private space survive two explosions in four days? (Update)
Fiery failures are no stranger to the space game. It's what happens when you push the boundaries of what technology can do, where people can go. And it happened again to Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2014
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NASA, Orbital Sciences poised for Wednesday mission to ISS
Orbital Sciences Corp. on Wednesday launches the test flight of an unmanned rocket to the International Space Station, as NASA forges ahead with its plan to privatize US space missions.
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2013
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NASA OKs East Coast rocket test launch this week
NASA says a private company can conduct a test launch this week of an unmanned rocket intended to help eventual supply runs to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2013
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Georgia Tech advances potential commercial space flight system
(Phys.org) -- Last spring private industry successfully sent a spacecraft carrying cargo to the International Space Station. Now the race is on to see which company will be the first to make commercial human spaceflight a ...
Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2012
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What's the big deal about private space launches?
(AP) -- The first private spaceship is headed to the International Space Station. Some questions and answers about the cargo mission by Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX:
Space Exploration
May 22, 2012
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