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Private Mars Mission Weighs Major Decision

Posted 05.19.2013 | Science

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/17/2013 05:04 PM EDT on SPACE.com The organizers of a private plan to send two people on a round-trip flyby of M...

NASA-Contracted Rocket Successfully Test Launched

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 04.21.2013 | Science

ATLANTIC, Va. — A company contracted by NASA to deliver supplies to the International Space Station successfully launched a rocket on Sunday in ...

The Brave New World of American Commercial Space

Marco CƔceres | Posted 04.10.2013 | Business
Marco CƔceres

Ceding America's leadership in space, world passing us by? Uh, nothing could be farther from the truth.

Moon Mission Plan Takes Top Prize In Space Exploration Contest

Posted 04.05.2013 | Science

By: Rod Pyle, SPACE.com Contributor Published: 04/05/2013 06:25 AM EDT on SPACE.com PASADENA, Calif. — A team of students has come up with an am...

Private Spacecraft Returns To Earth With Splash

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 03.26.2013 | Science

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday with a full science load from the International Space Station &nda...

Private Spacecraft's Return Trip Delayed

Posted 03.25.2013 | Science

By: Mike Wall Published: 03/24/2013 09:52 AM EDT on SPACE.com A private cargo capsule's trip home to Earth from the International Space Station ha...

SpaceX Mission Back On Course After Shaky Start

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.03.2013 | Science

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private Earth-to-orbit delivery service made good on its latest shipment to the International Space Station on Sunday, ...

ISS-Bound Capsule Cleared For Docking

Posted 03.02.2013 | Science

By: Tariq Malik Published: 03/02/2013 05:51 PM EST on SPACE.com A privately built robotic cargo ship has been cleared to link up with the Internat...

ISS-Bound Spacecraft Suffers Major Glitch

Posted 03.01.2013 | Science

By: Miriam Kramer Published: 03/01/2013 10:12 AM EST on SPACE.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A privately built unmanned spacecraft launched for NASA...

ISS-Bound Spacecraft Suffers Major Glitch

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.01.2013 | Science

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A commercial craft carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after lift...

Ryan Grim

Elon Musk Battles Space Industry Vets

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.28.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Last week, Elon Musk, the aerospace and green energy mogul, engaged in a very public spat with The New York Times after the paper gave r...

Private Spacecraft Set To Return To Space Station

Posted 02.16.2013 | Science

By: Mike Wall Published: 02/14/2013 04:26 PM EST on SPACE.com The next private cargo mission to the International Space Station is slated to blast...

Enter the Mars Generation

Chris Carberry | Posted 04.14.2013 | Science
Chris Carberry

It is highly likely that the generation that will first step foot on Mars is already with us. Assuming these individuals are still of school age today, "The Mars Generation" will have a much different perspective of the world than previous generations.

Elon Musk: His Story in His Own Words (Video)

Alison van Diggelen | Posted 04.07.2013 | Technology
Alison van Diggelen

For the first time, entrepreneur Elon Musk shared his whole life story in front of a live audience in Silicon Valley. He joined me in conversation at the Computer History Museum on January 22 and we explored: What makes a Revolutionary?

Here's Your Chance To Live On Mars -- For Free

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 01.09.2013 | Science

Have an itch that only space travel can scratch? You could spend billions for a trip to the moon, or you could journey to Mars -- for free. That's ...

It Is Time to Act for the Future

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 03.05.2013 | Science
Rick Tumlinson

Our goal is nothing less than the human breakout into space, the expansion of human civilization and the life of Earth beyond our world, to all worlds and all places in between.

Major Space Missions To Watch For In 2013

Posted 01.02.2013 | Science

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 12/31/2012 11:25 AM EST on SPACE.com This year has been a busy one for space missions, and it looks like next ye...

WATCH: SpaceX Tests Hovering Rocket

Posted 02.25.2013 | Science

By: Miriam Kramer Published: 12/26/2012 04:05 PM EST on SPACE.com A privately built rocket prototype that could lead to a completely reusable spac...

Mars Needs Weed

The 420 Times | Posted 01.28.2013 | Los Angeles
The 420 Times

I'm sure there are millions of differences between our world and the new Mars world when it comes to weed -- but I'll have eight to nine months to think about them when we take the journey to our new world outpost.

Space Visionary Eyes Huge Settlement On Mars

Posted 11.27.2012 | Science

By: Rob Coppinger, SPACE.com Contributor Published: 11/26/2012 07:06 AM EST on SPACE.com Elon Musk, the billionaire founder and CEO of the priv...

Space Capsule To Bring Blood, Urine Back To Earth

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 12.28.2012 | Science

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An unmanned space capsule carrying medical samples from the International Space Station splashed down in the Pacific Ocea...

NYC To Tokyo In 90 Minutes (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 10.24.2012 | Small Business

The private space-race is once again heating up. XCOR, a private rocket company, has released images of the Lynx, a supersonic aircraft that will ...

Satellite Destroyed Following SpaceX Glitch

Reuters | Posted 12.12.2012 | Science

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct 12 - An experimental communications satellite flying piggyback aboard a Space Exploration Tech...

The Quest

XPRIZE | Posted 12.11.2012 | Technology
XPRIZE

By Erika Wagner Erika Wagner served as Senior Director, Exploration Prize Group at X PRIZE for many years. As a species, we have scaled the Earth's h...

Dessert-Laden Dragon Capsule Docks At ISS

Posted 10.10.2012 | Science

By: Tariq Malik Published: 10/10/2012 07:35 AM EDT on SPACE.com A privately built robotic space capsule arrived at the International Space Stati...