The first flight of a commercial vessel to the International Space Station in late April will signal a bigger role for the private sector and open up space tourism opportunities, industry experts and lawmakers say.
Space Exploration
Mar 25, 2012
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(AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2009
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When we think of spaceflight, we think astronauts. You're a human, you perceive the Universe with your human-centric attitudes. You… specist.
Space Exploration
May 5, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of Cornell-developed, fingernail-sized satellites may travel to Saturn within the next decade, and as they flutter down through its atmosphere, they will collect data about chemistry, radiation and ...
Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2011
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The International Space Station received its first shipment from a private, Virginia-based company in more than two years Sunday following a sensational nighttime launch observed 250 miles up and down the East Coast.
Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2016
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(AP) -- The bathroom lines at the already crowded space shuttle and space station complex got a lot longer Sunday because of a flooded toilet. One of two commodes aboard the international space station malfunctioned, right ...
Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2009
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Five years after the last NASA astronauts flew from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station, a new group is preparing for a trip, this time on a private spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2016
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A presidential space panel on Thursday challenged NASA's vision of establishing a base on the moon and instead weighed other ambitious options that include free-ranging spaceships that could visit destinations throughout ...
Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2009
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One year after the Air Force blasted it into orbit, an experimental robotic space drone continues to circle the Earth.
Engineering
Mar 9, 2012
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(AP)—Kennedy Space Center will be the testing site for a top-secret Air Force space plane.
Space Exploration
Jan 4, 2014
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