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Oct 07, 2014 (SPX)

"Dream Chaser" is the name given to a possible future reusable crewed suborbital and orbital lifting-body spaceplane. Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been w...

Richard Branson says commercial space flight almost here

Oct 07, 2014 (UPI)

Virgin Galactic -- the Richard Branson enterprise aimed at taking civilians to the brink of space aboard a commercial shuttle -- successfully launched and lande...

NASA Crashes Helicopter to Test Safety Improvements

Oct 06, 2014 (SPX)

"The big difference in this year's experiment is that we are testing three energy absorbing composite subfloor concepts that should help some of the dummy occup...

Two million Muslim pilgrims ending annual hajj

Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)

Two million Muslim pilgrims began leaving the holy city of Mecca on Monday, concluding the annual hajj during which Saudi leaders lashed out at Islamic extremis...

Club Med board recommends Chinese firm Fosun's new bid

Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)

The board of directors of French holiday firm Club Med on Monday unanimously recommended that shareholders accept an improved bid from Chinese conglomerate Fosu...

Mars Rover Technology Adapted to Detect Gas Leaks

Oct 06, 2014 (JPL)

In collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG and E) announced that it is testing state-o...

Virgin Galactic could soon begin trips to space

Oct 05, 2014 (UPI)

Virgin Galactic owner Richard Branson says his company might soon be ready to take civilians into space. "We have a fantastic team, and I'm not going to say any...

This company is fighting NASA to bring people to space

Oct 04, 2014 (UPI)

When NASA awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX company and Boeing the contract to start bringing astronauts to the International Space Station as early as 2017, the Sierr...

To boldly go: what is the point of space exploration?

Oct 03, 2014 (SPX)

The UK's space activities employs over 100,000 people and contributes nearly Pounds 10 billion to the economy but why bother with space exploration? This questi...

Dream Chaser Teams with Stratolaunch to Carry People into Space

Oct 03, 2014 (SPX)

The Dream Chaser, a reusable crewed space shuttle currently under development by Sierra Nevada Corporation, may one day carry people into space with the help of...

Waypoint 2 Space Partners with Final Frontier Training Suits

Oct 01, 2014 (SPX)

Waypoint 2 Space (Waypoint) has announced a partnership with Final Frontier Design (FFD) that will integrate FFD space suit designs with Waypoint's innovative E...

Chinese Company to Create High-Altitude Space Balloon: Reports

Sep 30, 2014 (RIA Novosti)

A private company in Beijing is planning to build a high-altitude balloon to take people 40 kilometers (25 miles) above the earth to the brink of the planet's a...

Galactic getaway

Sep 29, 2014 (XNA)

The sky's no longer the limit for Chinese tourists. Space is the final frontier for the country's wealthy travelers. Most have already traveled to the ends of t...

Orion Recovery Tests Help Teams Prepare for December Flight

Sep 26, 2014 (SPX)

NASA, Orion prime contractor Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy successfully completed the third round of tests to practice recovering Orion when it splashes dow...

Crew selected for eight-month Mars simulation

Sep 26, 2014 (SPX)

The six astronaut-like crew members of the next Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) mission has been selected. For the next mission, starti...

NASA technologies to be studied for commercialization

Sep 24, 2014 (UPI)

Possible commercialization of technologies developed by NASA is to be studied by NASA Langley Research Center and the College of William and Mary. "This is the ...

Midland International Receives FAA Spaceport License Approval

Sep 23, 2014 (SPX)

In a joint release the Midland International Airport, Midland Development Corporation, XCOR Aerospace and Orbital Outfitters announced the Federal Aviation Admi...

NASA Seeks Best and Brightest for Space Technology Fellowships

Sep 23, 2014 (SPX)

NASA is seeking applications from U.S. graduate students for the agency's Space Technology Research Fellowships. The research grants, worth as much as $74,000 p...

Japanese Firm Plans Space Elevator to Run by 2050

Sep 23, 2014 (RIA Novosti)

Japanese construction company Obayashi has announced that it plans to build a space elevator by the year 2050, as reported by Australia's ABC news. If built, th...

Shrink-wrapping spacesuits

Sep 22, 2014 (SPX)

For future astronauts, the process of suiting up may go something like this: Instead of climbing into a conventional, bulky, gas-pressurized suit, an astronaut ...