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TODAY: Private Space Capsule Faces Final Hurdle

Posted 05.30.2012

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By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/30/2012 11:37 AM EDT on SPACE.com After a more than a week in orbit, the private space capsule Dragon is prepa...

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SpaceX: Future or Failure?

Anna Leahy | Posted 05.22.2012

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Anna Leahy

Spaceflight is hard. Really hard. And that's one reason that we bother going to space at all.

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SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off On Historic Trip To International Space Station

Posted 05.22.2012

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral early Tuesday morning. The 3:44 a.m. launch followed numerous technical delays, includin...

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SpaceX Fixes Glitch That Grounded Rocket As New Launch Window Approaches

Posted 05.21.2012

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By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/20/2012 10:19 AM EDT on SPACE.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX engineers have replaced a faulty engine valv...

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SpaceX Identifies Cause Of Aborted Launch

Posted 05.20.2012

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By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/19/2012 08:01 AM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 6:15 p.m. EDT. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A failed...

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PHOTOS: Five Most Promising Private Spacecraft Designs

Posted 05.19.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 05/18/2012 02:59 PM EDT on SPACE.com The private spaceflight company SpaceX is set to launch its Dragon capsule toward ...

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New Launch Date Set For Historic SpaceX Mission

Posted 05.14.2012

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After a series of delays, the long-awaited SpaceX-ISS mission is now scheduled for May 19. If all goes according to plan, the first privately fund...

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Secretive Spaceflight Firm Lifts Veil On New Spacecraft Plans

Posted 05.07.2012

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By: Leonard David Published: 05/07/2012 06:25 AM EDT on SPACE.com The curtain of secrecy is being raised by Blue Origin, a private entrepreneuri...

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SpaceX Reschedules Rendezvous With Space Station

AP | Posted 04.24.2012

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A private U.S. company has delayed launching a cargo ship to the International Space Station. Space Exploration Technologies ...

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GALLERY: Which Stars Would Go To Mars?

Posted 04.06.2012

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Interested in a trip to Mars? It would be a grand adventure, and you'd have quite a story to tell if you made it back home in one piece. Still, there ...

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JOIN THE DEBATE: Should The U.S. Send An Astronaut To Mars?

Posted 04.04.2012

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When it comes to Mars exploration, the U.S. has been there, done that—with robotic rovers. But while many proposals have been put forth for send...

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WATCH: Private Rocket Makes Debut Flight In California

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 02.16.2012

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MOJAVE, Calif. -- A privately built rocket has made its first free-flight in the California desert as part of a NASA program exploring vertical landin...

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Private Spaceflight Venture Gears Up For First Passenger Flights

Posted 02.09.2012

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — This year is key for Virgin Galactic's bid to become the first commercial spaceliner service, as rocket-powered flights of it...

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First Private Cargo Run To Space Station Delayed

AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 01.20.2012

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station is off until spring. SpaceX planned to launch its unmanned ...

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SpaceX Dragon, First Private Rocket To Space Station, Suffers Launch Delay

Posted 01.17.2012

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By: Denise Chow Published: 01/16/2012 02:40 PM EST on Space The first test flight of a privately built robot space capsule to the International S...

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Is Lunar Energy The Future Focus For Spaceflight?

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 09.26.2011

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A return to the moon for NASA may be a distant goal as the organization works to find a replacement for the Space Shuttle orbiter. But some scientist...

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HISTORIC: SpaceX Launching First Privately Owned Spacecraft For NASA

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA took a giant leap away from the spaceflight business Wednesday as a private company launched a spacecraft into orbit...

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