The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has unveiled a special permit aimed at helping the reusable suborbital rocket industry grow, while speeding up the development of passenger-carrying spaceships.
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Canadian-U.S. Partnership Plans Public Space Tourism Flight
A Canadian space tourism firm has teamed up with a U.S. businessman to form a new company that aims to launch its first public spaceflight by 2007.
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Significant Runoff on Early Mars Identified in River Channels By National Air and Space Museum Geologists
Mars is now a cold, dry desert, but robotic satellites and rovers have returned new evidence of a warmer and wetter climate more than 3.5 billion years ago, when conditions […]
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NASA Again Considering Launching Glory Climate Mission
Bowing to political pressure, NASA once again is considering flying a high-priority greenhouse gas sensor on a satellite dedicated to that mission.
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Space Adventures Offers Ecliptic’s RocketCam for Private Spaceflights
Orbital and suborbital spaceflight clients have option to record journey with same video system used during historic flights of SpaceShipOne Space Adventures, Ltd., the world’s leading space experiences company, today […]
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Extended Hours and Free Parking for Space Day, May 5, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The public is invited for a cosmic adventure as the National Air and Space Museum again hosts the Space Day global launch celebration, to be held Thursday, May 5, at […]
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Experts: Commercial Space Industry has Potential
Calvert Sees Bright Future for Personal Spaceflight in the Second Space Age WASHINGTON, D.C. – Burt Rutan, the pioneering designer of SpaceShipOne, joined the President of Virgin Galactic and other […]
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Burt Rutan and Private Space Pioneers to Testify on the Future Markets of Commercial Space
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Burt Rutan, the pioneering designer of SpaceShipOne, will tomorrow join the President of Virgin Galactic and other leaders in the commercial space industry in testifying before the […]
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Griffin Begins in Whirlwind
WASHINGTON — Mike Griffin’s tenure as NASA Administrator began at lightening speed. By the time he was sworn in April 14, the straight-talking 55-year-old aerospace veteran has already plunged deep into his new job.
