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Endeavour Slideshow: On the First Anniversary of Its Last Flight (PHOTOS)

Anna Leahy | Posted 05.31.2012

Anna Leahy

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SpaceX Capsule's Historic Return To Earth

Posted 05.31.2012

UPDATE: The capsule's successful splashdown was confirmed at 11:42 EDT. by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor Date: 31 May 2012 ...

TODAY: Private Space Capsule Faces Final Hurdle

Posted 05.30.2012

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...

The New Space Era Takes Big Steps Forward

William Bradley | Posted 05.30.2012

William Bradley

For all the Star Wars and Star Trek resonances in this mission, Robert Heinlein's The Man Who Sold the Moon seems a better fictional precursor.

Everything You Need To Know About The Space Capsule That Just Made History

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.26.2012

Elon Musk's spacecraft manufacturing company SpaceX made history today at 9:56 a.m. ET, when its Dragon capsule was captured by the International Spac...

Spacecraft Making Historic Approach

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 05.25.2012

UPDATE: The Dragon capsule was successfully captured at 9:56 a.m. EDT by NASA astronaut Don Pettit, using the International Space Station's (ISS) robo...

SpaceX Craft Attempts Risky Space Station Flyby

Posted 05.24.2012

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/24/2012 06:56 AM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 8:10 a.m. EDT. A private spaceship on its first t...

How To See SpaceX Capsule In Night Sky

Posted 05.23.2012

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/22/2012 12:43 PM EDT on SPACE.com The private spaceflight company SpaceX successfully launched an unmanned cap...

Celebrity's Ashes 'Beamed Up' Into Space

Posted 05.22.2012

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/22/2012 08:15 AM EDT on SPACE.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scotty has finally been beamed up. The ashes of the...

SpaceX Plans Flights to Private Space Station

Alejandro Rojas | Posted 05.22.2012

Alejandro Rojas

Recently, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told 60 Minutes that the reason he seeks to develop spacecraft is to save humanity itself.

SpaceX: Future or Failure?

Anna Leahy | Posted 05.22.2012

Anna Leahy

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

WATCH: SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off Toward International Space Station

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 05.22.2012

Second time's a charm. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early Tuesday morning, carrying the Dragon caps...

SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off On Historic Trip To International Space Station

Posted 05.22.2012

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

SpaceX Fixes Glitch That Grounded Rocket As New Launch Window Approaches

Posted 05.21.2012

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...

SpaceX Identifies Cause Of Aborted Launch

Posted 05.20.2012

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...

WATCH: SpaceX Stalls Historic Mission In Last Second

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.19.2012

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine t...

Elon Musk On Private Space Travel And Moving To Mars

AOL | Posted 05.18.2012

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk discusses his company, SpaceX, and the future of private space travel. In 2002, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologie...

SATURDAY: SpaceX Gets Set For Historic Mission

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.18.2012

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run thi...

New Launch Date Set For Historic SpaceX Mission

Posted 05.14.2012

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...

Secretive Spaceflight Firm Lifts Veil On New Spacecraft Plans

Posted 05.07.2012

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...

Billionaire's Secretive Space Venture Reveals Rocket Plan

Posted 04.30.2012

By: Mike Wall Published: 04/30/2012 06:26 AM EDT on SPACE.com Blue Origin wants to fly under the radar all the way into space. The secretive pr...

SpaceX Reschedules Rendezvous With Space Station

AP | Posted 04.24.2012

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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Space Startup Plans To Mine Asteroids

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.20.2012

Remember that movie "Armageddon"? Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck travel to space to drill into an asteroid and break it apart before it collides with Ea...

SpaceX Mission Launch Date Announced

Posted 04.17.2012

By: Mike Wall Published: 04/16/2012 06:30 PM EDT on SPACE.com A private spaceship mission to the International Space Station is on track for a pla...

The Dawn of the Era of Private Human Spaceflight

Ayodele Faiyetole | Posted 04.11.2012

Ayodele Faiyetole

While visiting San Francisco awhile back, Yuki Takahashi was away at the South Pole working on a telescope for his Ph.D. He remotely organized for me ...