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Private Test Pilots to Fly 1st Commercial Crewed Space Flights for NASA
[/caption] Image Caption: Dream Chaser commercial crew vehicle built by Sierra Nevada Corp docks at ISS Commercial test pilots, not…
A Banner Week for Commercial Spaceflight
[/caption] While SpaceX stole the headlines with their Dragon spacecraft making the first private cargo run to the International Space…
Repaired SpaceX Rocket Set for 2nd Blastoff Try on May 22
[/caption] SpaceX engineers have successfully replaced a faulty valve in a first stage engine that triggered a launch abort on…
NanoRacks and CASIS Put Research on the Universe’s Front Porch
[/caption] The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) has opened part of the ISS exterior to research…
SpaceX’s Dragon, Now With Seating for Seven
[/caption] So much for the idea that space capsules are cramped and can only carry a limited crew. SpaceX revealed…
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Solar Powered Dragon gets Wings for Station Soar
[/caption] The Dragon has grown its mighty wings SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has gotten its wings and is set to soar…
Space Adventures Wants to Fly You to the Moon
[/caption] Space Adventures – the company that brought the first space tourists to the International Space Station – has longer…
SpaceShipTwo Successfully Tests “Feathered” Flight
[/caption] Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo achieved a major milestone early Wednesday 4th May 2011, as it successfully demonstrated its unique reentry…
NASA Funds Experimental “Near Space” Vehicles
[/caption] Commercial space companies Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems have been awarded a total of $475,000 to perform test…
First Flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic, the private aerospace company founded by billionaire Richard Branson, successfully tested the passenger space-plane SpaceShipTwo today. SpaceShipTwo (SS2),…