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Test Flights Ahead for SpaceShipTwo MothershipMore test flights are ahead for SpaceShipTwo's WhiteKnightTwo mothership. > Read More New Show - NewSpace: The Orbital Industrial RevolutionPrivate space entrepreneurs risk fortunes and flirt with physical danger as they boldly go to market in orbit. > Read More British Space Plane Concept Gets BoostA futuristic British space plane could fly into orbit and land more cheaply.> Read More Video - Space Tourist's Life Aboard ISSPrivate spaceflyer Richard Garriott describes station life to astronaut dad Owen. Credit: SA/richardinspace.com.> Read More Video - SpaceX’s Falcon 1 Rocket Success! SpaceX's fourth Falcon 1 rocket finally reaches orbit. Credit: SpaceX. > Read More Space Solar Power Crowd Bets on Obama Space solar power advocates are hoping the Obama administration will revive their experiment. > Read More Meet Axel: NASA's 'Marsupial' Rover to Explore Craters NASA's Axel rover is a whirling robot to tackle the most challenging terrain on the Moon and beyond. > Read More Designs for India's First Manned Spaceship Revealed India's plans for its first manned spaceship include a 3-person spacecraft. > Read More Meet Jaluro, a Two-Wheeled Open-Source Lunar Rover Jaluro is a two-wheeled moon rover entry in the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize contest. > Read More Report: Russia Says No Space Station Tourist Flights Beyond 2009 Russia's space chief has said tourist flights to the International Space Station will end after 2009. > Read More Chicago Firm Protests Space Station Cargo Contract Chicago-based PlanetSpace is protesting NASA's station cargo award to other firms. > Read More SpaceX Puts New Rocket Through Launch Pad Paces SpaceX is putting its first Falcon 9 rocket through launch pad paces in Florida. > Read More Latest Mock SpaceShipOne Soars Above Sponsor's Museum Billionaire Paul Allen has acquired SpaceShipOne, again. But it's a fake. > Read More SpaceX Assembles New Rocket for Launch Debut SpaceX has assembled the first Falcon 9 rocket at its Florida launch site. > Read More SpaceShipTwo Carrier Craft Makes Successful First Flight A carrier aircraft designed to be the first stage of a commercial spaceline system made took off on its maiden test flight today at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. > Read More Future of Commercial Spaceflight Uncertain, But Promising The future of commercial spaceflight is uncertain, but holds promise in 2009. > Read More NASA Taps SpaceX, Orbital Sciences to Haul Cargo to Space Station SpaceX and Orbital Sciences NASA contracts to haul cargo to the space station. > Read More New Teams Join $30 Million Moon Rover Contest Two new teams have joined the race to land a privately built rover on the moon. > Read More Vigorous New Space Exploration Plan to be Proposed Plan designed to achieve more, cost less, and engage the world. > Read More SpaceX Seeks Customers for DragonLab Spaceship SpaceX held an invitation-only event Friday to seek customers for its DragonLab spaceship. > Read More New Mexico Voters Defeat Spaceport America Measure Voters in Otero County, NM, voted against a proposed spaceport aid tax Tuesday. > Read More Private Firm Reveals Ambitious Moon Mission Plan Astrobotic Technology, Inc. has a comprehensive plan to send robots to the moon. > Read More Spinoffs Expected From Suborbital Vehicle Work The private suborbital spaceflight industry will lead to inevitable positive spinoffs, experts have said. > Read More Team Armadillo Wins $350,000 in Mock Moon Lander Contest Armadillo Aerospace wins $350,000 in the Lunar Lander Challenge. > Read More What a View! Space Bubbles Would Thrill Tourists Space tourists may get an unprecedented view of the Earth aboard a new bubble-like spaceship. > Read More Lunar Lander Showdown: Two Teams Vie for $2 Million in Prizes Two teams are chasing $2 million in prizes under a mock moon lander challenge. > Read More Video - The Garriotts: An American Space Legacy Part 2: Owen and Richard Garriott's cross-generational space perspective. Credit: Space.com/NASA/SA/ richardinspace.com/rgtr.com > Read More Europe Aims For Re-entry Spacecraft Europe develops re-entry spacecraft that could return astronauts and cargo to Earth. > Read More FAA Approves Rocket Races Rocket-powered racers received the go-ahead from the Feds for public demo flights. > Read More SpaceDev Founder Jim Benson Dies at 63 SpaceDev founder Jim Benson, 63, died of a brain tumor Friday. > Read More New Video - The Garriotts: An American Space Legacy - Part 1 Private space adventurer Richard Garriott and his NASA-astronaut father, Owen, discuss their dedication to space science. > Read More New Teams Join Private Race to Moon Two new teams join the Google Lunar X Prize race to the moon. > Read More Digital-Age Guru Signs on as Backup Space Tourist Digital-Age guru Esther Dyson has paid $3 million to be a backup space tourist. > Read More Elite Club Lets Space Tourist Cut to Front of Line The first two-time space tourist snagged his next launch via an elite spaceflyer club. > Read More Grounded Space Tourist Sues for $21 Million Refund A grounded Japanese space tourist is suing for a refund. > Read More U.S. Billionaire to Make Second Private Spaceflight Former space tourist Charles Simonyi has signed on for a second trip to orbit. > Read More SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 Rocket Into Orbit SpaceX successfully launched its homegrown Falcon 1 rocket into orbit on Sunday. > Read More Former Astronaut's Son Poised for Space Tourist Trek Space tourist Richard Garriott is gearing up for an October launch. > Read More Experiment Boosts Hopes for Space Solar Power A scientist has used radio waves to transmit solar power between two islands. > Read More Rocket Racing League’s Engine Switch Leaves Questions Rocket-powered racers receive engine replacements following their earlier public debut. > Read More Virgin Galactic Rejects Million-Dollar Offer to Film Sex Video Virgin Galactic has rejected a $1 million offer to film a sex video in space. > Read More Rocket Racing League Tests New Engine A rocket racer tests its new engine for a possible demo race. > Read More Space Plane Prototype Suffers Anomaly in Launch Test An Aug. 12 test of a space plane prototype went out of control, officials say. > Read More Teams Set For Mock Moon Landing Contest Ten teams are gearing up to compete in the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. > Read More Rocket Racer Takes to the Skies A rocket-powered racer will take the skies again for Oshkosh air show. > Read More The Future of Space Robots Future robots may cooperatively explore alien worlds. > Read More Virgin Galactic Spaceline: Mega-Mothership Set for Rollout Debut Rollout of the WhiteKnightTwo mothership is anticipated late July. > Read More Four New Teams Join Moon Rover Race Four new teams look to win $30 million by launching rovers to the moon. > Read More NASA Faces Rocket Test Delays for New Spaceship NASA is expecting delays for the first tests of its shuttle successor. > Read More Private Space Station Prototype Hits Orbital Milestone Space station prototype passes orbital milestone. > Read More House Panel Second Guesses NASA's Zero-G Contract Award Congressional investigators are looking into NASA's deal to buy Zero G flights. > Read More TGV Gets Serious with Suborbital Reusable Rocket Design After a decade, TGV Rockets has moved to serious design work. > Read More Universal Translator May Be Possible Could all languages have a universal structure? > Read More Sikorsky's X2: Developing a Faster Helicopter If Sikorsky's X2 Technology Demonstrator is successful, helicopters will soon be able to fly much faster. > Read More Electric Sail Prototype to Ride the Solar Wind A solar sail could start space tests in three years. > Read More Lockheed Test Flies Space Plane Prototype Lockheed Martin has tested a space plane prototype from Spaceport America. > Read More Testing of NASA's LCROSS Begins Ahead of Schedule The lunar-crashing payload entered testing a month ahead of schedule. > Read More Largest Telescope Would Be Out of this World A lunar telescope could peer into the "dark ages" of the universe. > Read More Student Artists Wanted for Space Tourist Emblem A student art contest is on to build a space tourist patch. > Read More Fly Me to the Moon ... Forever The general public may soon have the chance to rest in peace on the moon. > Read More Robotic Lunar Base With Legs Changes Everything This ATHLETE could play an essential role in new lunar bases. > Read More Space Tourist Sets Sights on Orbital Lessons Space tourist-in-training Richard Garriott hopes to hold class in orbit. > Read More XCOR Unveils New Suborbital Rocketship Xcor Aerospace to unveil plans for new suborbital spaceship called the Lynx. > Read More Swedish Authorities Look to Ease Way for Virgin Galactic Sweden is seeking ways to ease the path for Virgin Galactic. > Read More Next Space Tourist Takes Break from Spaceflight Training Space tourist Richard Garriott is taking a breather from spaceflight training. > Read More NASA Awards Launch Services Contract to SpaceX NASA awarded a launch services contract to private spaceflight firm SpaceX. > Read More Wanted: Student Experiment for Space Tourist's Trek The next space tourist is needs science help from UK students. > Read More Transatlantic Flights Becoming Greener by 2010 A way to change cruise altitude while flying over oceans soon will help jets save fuel on transatlantic flights. > Read More NASA's Chariot: Not Your Father's Lunar Rover NASA's Chariot is a lunar truck prototype for the future US lunar outpost. > Read More Rocket Racing League Sets Date for Exhibition Race The date of the first Rocket Racing League race has been set. > Read More 'Thrillionaire' Signs on as Backup Space Tourist An Australian entrepreneur will backup the next space tourist. > Read More DARPA's Vulture Aircraft To Function Like Satellite DARPA's Vulture intended to fly for periods of up to five years unattended. > Read More Generation Y Urges NASA to Give New Exploration Missions More Interactivity NASA's long-term exploration strategy requires support from Generation Y > Read More MoonLITE Project To Have 'Mole' Penetrators MoonLITE is a proposed collaboration by the British government and NASA. > Read More A Taste of Space on Earth: Pilots, Passengers Train for Spaceliner Flights Future space passengers experience the rigors of suborbital spaceflight. > Read More Georgia-Led Team Wins Cash for Space Rock Tracking Plan A Georgia-based team won $25,000 for asteroid-tracking mission. > Read More Private Race to the Moon Takes Off Google and the X PRIZE Foundation unveil a new partnership, new teams and more prize money. > Read More Space War: Satellite 'Kill' Would Prove U.S. Capability Intercept of failing satellite could give new edge to U.S. missile defense. > Read More Eutelsat Eyes Leasing Ka-Band Capacity for Tooway System Eutelsat is looking for Ka-band capacity over Europe to meet demand. > Read More Underwater Robot Helps NASA Explore Europa ENDURANCE robot probe will explore the underwater environment of Europa. > Read More Space Tourism Insurance to Be Expensive Space tourism will face high hurdles from the insurance business. > Read More Spaceship Builder to Appeal Calif. Fines Scaled Composites is appealing fines spurred by a fatal blast. > Read More Space Magnetism May Hold Secret to Fusion Power Discoveries about magnetic reconnection in space could unlock fusion power. > Read More Governments Skittish on European Manned Space Program European governments remain uncertain about a manned spaceflight program. > Read More Major Milestones Ahead for New Mexico Spaceport New Mexico's Spaceport America must conquer some challenging milestones. > Read More Bigelow Aerospace Wants Atlas 5 Rockets for New Space Station Bigelow Aerospace hopes to use Atlas 5 rockets to launch a space station. > Read More Blast Investigation Delays Rocket Engine Work for SpaceShipTwo SpaceShipTwo's rocket engine delayed by explosion investigation. > Read More Virgin Galactic Unveils Suborbital Spaceliner Design Virgin Galactic unveiled a sleek spaceship and novel carrier for new spaceliner. > Read More Next Space Tourist Begins Training for Spaceflight U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott has begun training for spaceflight. > Read More Report Cites Rocketship Builder in Explosion Inquiry Inspectors cite Scaled Composites in connection with a July 26 explosion. > Read More NASA Picks Finalists for Space Station Resupply Demonstrations NASA reportedly picked four finalists for space station cargo flights. > Read More Space Station Modules Proposed by UK Scientists New space station modules could give the British access to the space club. > Read More VIDEO: 2007 X Prize Cup Highlights A music montage of key events at the 2007 X Prize Cup in New Mexico. Credit: X Prize Cup. > Read More Russians Plan New Space Platform The Russian space agency intends to develop a space platform. > Read More NASA Buys Microgravity Flights From Zero-G NASA awarded a contract for weightless flights to the private firm Zero-G. > Read More Gantry Delay Pushes Back 1st Soyuz Flight from Guiana The initial Soyuz launch from Guiana spaceport will likely slip to 2009. > Read More Stepping Forward: The Year in Spaceflight It's been a busy year for spaceflight in the U.S. and around the world. > Read More International Robotic Rivalry in Space Robotic space exploration has become an international endeavor. > Read More Boeing Marks 50th Anniversary of 707's First Flight The 707 was the first in a long line of successful Boeing jet transports. > Read More From Supersonic to Hover: How the F-35 Flies The F-35B's propulsion system is a major feat of engineering technology. > Read More Conflict Delays NASA's Mars Scout Launch to 2013 Conflicts of interest have delayed the launch of a NASA Mars prove to 2013. > Read More Prototype Moon Lander Takes Test Flight Lunar lander prototype successfully tests hybrid rocket motors. > Read More Private Firm Launches Test Shot From Spaceport America Private company launches a rocket from New Mexico's Spaceport America. > Read More NASA Chief: Space Agency Will Abide by New COTS Restrictions NASA chief Mike Griffin said his agency will abide by COTS program restrictions. > Read More Water vs. Land: NASA Weighs Landing Options for Orion Spacecraft NASA is mulling whether its shuttle successor will land on water or dry land. > Read More Omnibus Bill Puts the Brakes on NASA COTS Competition A new bill could delay NASA's space station resupply service selection. > Read More Congressman Unveils Plan to Delay Space Shuttle Retirement Rep. Dave Weldon has unveiled a plan to keep NASA shuttles flying beyond 2010. > Read More Public Sees Vertical-Landing F-35B for First Time Lockheed Martin rolls out short-takeoff, vertical landing F-35B Lightning II. > Read More New System Makes Bad-Weather Flying Easier for Pilots So useful is WAAS that other countries are developing similar systems. > Read More NASA Names Next Generation Moon Lander 'Altair' NASA has named its next generation lunar lander the Altair. > Read More NASA's Lunar Orbiter Mission Could Slip The margin for error is narrowing for NASA's new lunar orbiter. > Read More NASA Taps Boeing to Build Avionics for New Rocket Boeing won NASA's avionics contract to build a critical system for its Ares I rockets. > Read More Astronaut's Son Ready To Fulfill Lifelong Dream Space tourist-to-be Richard Garriott always assumed that he would fly in space. > Read More Space Systems/Loral Proposes Bus for NASA's Cargo Needs Space Systems/Loral hopes NASA will try a novel way to deliver ISS cargo. > Read More Private Spaceflight Firm Takes Aims at NASA Cargo Flights The firm PlanetSpace hopes to offer cargo delivery for NASA space station flights. > Read More Private Company Accepts Google Lunar X Prize Challenge The first team vying for the Google Lunar X Prize will unveil its entry. > Read More NASA Develops Super-Accurate Nav System for Scientific Plane Systems lets imaging-radar aircraft repeat same flight path within 15 feet. > Read More Space Entrepreneurs Wait for that 'Netscape Moment' From a new array of space-enabled technologies to the emerging commercial market for passenger space travel, the commercialization of next-generation space enterprises appears to be well under way. But a "killer app" is needed to help the industry break through bureaucracy and technological hurdles. > Read More What Space Telescopes of Tomorrow Will See Future space telescopes to rely on new ideas to seek out the unknown. > Read More Ticket for New Space Tourism Experience for Sale A new space tourism experience is up for sale: backup space tourist. > Read More Tomorrow's Space Telescopes: Bigger and Better Engineers designing better, affordable spacecraft technologies despite tight budgets. > Read More Future Mars Craft Inspires High-Tech Spy Plane DARPA's Rapid Eye will be an unmanned plane used to fly over disasters. > Read More DARPA Readies Demonstration of Radically New In-Space Propulsion Small satellites could get a novel propulsion system developed by DARPA. > Read More Lunar Lander Challenge Ends in Fire, Disappointment Armadillo Aerospace left this year's X Prize Cup empty-handed. > Read More Armadillo Aerospace Sets Its Sights on the Lunar Lander Challenge Prize HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico – Weather and rocketry are in synch for the Armadillo Aerospace team to launch quick turnaround vertical takeoff and landing vehicles in the quest to win Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge money. > Read More VIDEO: Holloman AFB: October 2007 Preview the excitement of the Wirefly X Prize Cup at New Mexico's Holloman Air Force Base. > Read More The Free-Fall Collection: First Commercial Spacesuit Debuts at X Prize Cup Orbital Outfitters strutted out the world’s first commercial spacesuit here at the X Prize Cup festivities – their approach to solving the engineering, safety and marketing appeal of an emergency crew suit. > Read More Armadillo Fails In First Day Attempt at Lunar Lander Challenge HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico – Heartbreakingly close. That’s all you can say regarding the failure today for the Armadillo Aerospace team in their bid to win prize money in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. > Read More The X Prize Cup Executive Summit Connects Adventurers with Venture Capitalists HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – On the eve of the X Prize Cup, executives from companies big and small and a mix of senior government officials gathered here to network and hash out the opportunities and challenges confronting the personal space flight industry and other such “new spaceâ€� ventures. > Read More Rocketplane Global Overhauls Suborbital Craft Rocketplane Global announced a facelift for its first XP Spaceplane. > Read More Three More Teams Enter the Rocket Racing League The Rocket Racing League announced today that three new teams have entered the fray. > Read More The Sensation of Space Travel: Ride and Share Moments Spaceflyers spoke at the 2007 Int'l. Symposium for Personal Spaceflight. > Read More Robotic Prospector Under Development at Carnegie Mellon A prototype lunar prospecting robot has been developed at Carnegie Mellon. > Read More Personal Spaceflight: The Business Case for 'New Space' Experts prognosticated at the Int'l. Symposium for Personal Spaceflight. > Read More Liftoff for New Mexico Rocket Festival! X Prize Cup and Holloman Air Force Base are producing an Air & Space Expo. > Read More Entrepreneurs Envision a Sea Change in Commercial Space Entrepreneurs will reshape the commercial space industry in years ahead. > Read More Rocketplane Kistler Appeals NASA Decision to Terminate COTS Agreement Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) is not going down without a fight. > Read More Europe Launches New Aviation Research Program New EU initiative aims to make air transport greener, safer and more secure. > Read More Lunar Lander Teams Throttle Up for Cash Rocketeers are throttling up for the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. > Read More NASA's New Spacecraft Air Leak Sensor A prototype air leak sensor is ready for installation on a NASA spacecraft. > Read More Taking the Pulse of Personal Spaceflight A symposium looks at commercial spaceflight at the Wirefly X Prize Cup. > Read More New Material Could Revolutionize Aircraft Maintenance CentrAl material is fatigue-resistant, damage-tolerant and lightweight. > Read More Report Urges U.S. to Pursue Space-Based Solar Power A new report urges the U.S. to lead in developing space-based solar power. > Read More Scientists Design New Space Currency The Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination is the new space money. > Read More Orion Emergency Egress System: Roller Coaster For Astronauts NASA may use a 'roller coaster' to evacuate astronauts from the Orion. > Read More Air and Space Expo: A Sightseer's Paradise The latest in aviation & rocketry will fill the Holloman Air & Space Expo. > Read More Forward Thinking: Spaceflight Technology's Next 50 Years Sputnik anniversary marks practical outlook for spaceflight technologies. > Read More MIT Spins New Tether For Walking on Asteroids MIT researchers have devised a tether to help astronauts walk across asteroids. > Read More Carnegie Mellon Sets Sights on Google's Lunar X Prize Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute hopes to snag $20 million in the Google Lunar X Prize. > Read More Hypersonic Jets Prepare to Soar Jet-fueled hypersonic vehicles could become a reality before 2020. > Read More Bigelow Space Modules: Sky High Plans Face Transportation Concerns Bigelow Aerospace faces significant challenges to launch its orbital Sundancer modules into space. > Read More Former Astronaut's Son Signs on as Next Space Tourist A retired NASA astronaut's son has signed on for a multimillion-dollar space tourist trek. > Read More Holloman Air Force Base: Making Air and Space History Holloman Air Force Base has been involved with space for decades. > Read More SpaceDev: Focus on Core Space Technologies California-based spaceflight firm SpaceDev is focusing on core technologies. > Read More Rockets to Roar at Air and Space Expo This year's Wirefly X Prize Cup is shaping up as a unique rocket festival. > Read More NASA Plans Bigger Moon Base, Sporty Rovers for Future Missions NASA's moon-bound astronauts will live in larger habitats and drive long-distance rovers. > Read More Google to Sponsor $30 Million Lunar X Prize Google is teaming with the X Prize Foundation to launch a commercial race to the Moon with a $30 million incentive. > Read More X Prize, Google to Put User Images on Moon Rovers For $10, you may be able to send a photo and personal message to the moon. > Read More NASA Gives Rocketplane Kistler Termination Notice NASA has put private spaceflight firm Rocketplane Kistler on financial notice. > Read More X Prize Foundation to Unveil Big Money for New Contest The X Prize Foundation will unveil its largest international cash contest to date next week. > Read More Spaceport America: First Looks at a New Space Terminal The future look of New Mexico's Spaceport America, home to Virgin Galactic, has been unveiled. > Read More Nine Teams Sign Up To Compete for Lunar Lander Prize Up against eight other teams, Armadillo Aerospace founder John Carmack is confident of a Lunar Lander Challenge victory this year. > Read More Missile Attacks on Airliners Could Hurt U.S. More than 9/11 Economic cost to U.S. travel industry could be $420 billion. > Read More Low-fare, Long-Haul: Second Time Around A new generation of low-cost, long-haul airlines is appearing. > Read More Flying New York-London In Style -- For Less When flying New York-London in business class, fare options exist. > Read More Bigelow Aerospace Fast-Tracks Manned Spacecraft Following the success of the launch and deployment of two inflatable space modules, the owner and founder of Bigelow Aerospace announced Monday plans to move ahead with the launch of its first human habitable spacecraft, the Sundancer. > Read More FAA Defers to State Authority in Mojave Mishap Inquiry The FAA is leaving the investigation of a fatal explosion in California to state officials and Scaled Composites. > Read More Flying Friendly: Aviation's Environmental Challenge Travel growth means aviation must become environmentally friendlier. > Read More Space Diving by 2011? Can you imagine jumping from a plane at near-orbital distances? > Read More Armadillo Aerospace Reports Progess on Modular Rocket Design Armadillo Aerospace reports success in the group’s modular rocket work. > Read More Explosion Kills Three at Mojave Air and Space Port An explosion at California's Mojave Air and Space Port killed three workers and injured others for private spaceflight firm Scaled Composites. > Read More Going Vertical: The Helicopter Industry Climbs As helicopter technology advances, the industry booms. > Read More Win a Trip to Outer Space!!! A Gillette contest in Canada is offering a free trip to space, and space suit. > Read More Pentagon Pulls Plug on Satellite Refueling Prototypes The Pentagon decommissioned its Orbital Express in-space refueling satellites this week. > Read More Truly Elite: U.S. Airlines' Secret Million-Mile Awards Secret U.S. airline award programs exist for million-milers. > Read More Pentagon Looks to the Internet Community for Space Solar Power Study A Pentagon office looks to the Internet to study potential space-based solar power. > Read More Space Adventures Sees Wide Range of Public Space Travel GOLDEN, Colo. -- Private spacewalks, customer stopovers at commercial Earth orb outposts, and public flights to the Moon are all part of Space Adventures Chief Executive Eric Anderson's vision for the growing space travel market. > Read More Aviation for the Nation: 21st Century U.S. Air Power U.S. forces have to make aviation funding go further in the future. > Read More Northrop Grumman Buys Builder of SpaceShipOne WASHINGTON - Northrop Grumman Corp. agreed July 5 to increase its stake in Scaled Composites - the builder of the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne and a host of record-breaking aircraft - from 40 percent to 100 percent, Northrop Grumman spokesman Dan McClain confirmed July 20. > Read More Pentagon Eyes High-Altitude Balloons for Emergency Communications System The U.S. military is eyeing high-altitude balloons for emergency response. > Read More Slimming Down Future Spacesuits Skintight spacesuits may yield more flexible, stylish ways to explore. > Read More VIDEO: Boeing's Big Gamble The world is now able to see what the Boeing 787 really looks like. > Read More VIDEO: Airbus A300 Look-Back Production of the A300, the very first twin-engine widebody, ends. > Read More Pampering Passengers: The New Breed of Luxury Airlines All-premium-class airlines look like they're here to stay. > Read More Public Space Travel: Flight School 101 Public space travel is a going and growing industry, but still faces a number of hurdles. > Read More Clean, Quiet, Powerful: Engines for the New Jets Engines for 787s and A380s will pollute less and will be quieter. > Read More Sales Strong for First Seats Aboard Virgin Galactic's Spaceliner Sales for Virgin Galactic's first SpaceShipTwo spaceflights are strong despite a 2009 start date. > Read More Flight Log: The First Private Expedition to the Moon The firm Space Adventures negotiating with the customers to fly the first private expedition around the Moon. > Read More Private Space Station Prototype Beams Down New Images Tthe privately-built Genesis 2 expandable module has successfully sent home its first high-resolution images. > Read More Bigelow's Second Orbital Module Launches Into Space A privately-built space station prototype launched from a Russian missile base Thursday. > Read More Space Station to Get Japanese Take-Out Japanese space food will soon be available on the International Space Station. > Read More People Moving: Behind the Scenes at Airports Airports' aviation safety role is unsung but highly important. > Read More Handheld Microorganism Detector Tested Aboard Space Station Astronauts have tested a microbiology detector aboard the ISS. > Read More Armadillo Aerospace: Scaling Up for Modularized Spaceships Since 2001, Armadillo Aerospace made over 100 rocket-powered test flights. > Read More X Prize Cup Announces Lunar Lander Challenge Competitors The X Prize Foundation announced Thursday the name of eight of the nine competitors in this year's Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge to be held this October during the Wirefly X Prize Cup and Holloman Air and Space Expo. > Read More Easy Fly, Easy Buy: The Business Aviation Boom Business aviation is easier to book and use than ever before. > Read More Europe Unveils Space Plane for Tourist Market Europe’s biggest aerospace company, EADS, unveiled a design for a space plane powered by a rocket engine and expected to carry a future wealth of space tourists. > Read More Fantastic Flight Decks to Fly You Safely New flight deck technologies reduce delays and make flying safer. > Read More NASA's Space Shuttle Successor Could Fly in 2013, Officials Say An ambitious plan is in place to have NASA's space shuttle successor ready by 2013. > Read More Emirates A380s to Establish New Airliner Seat Record Emirates' 644-seat short-haul A380s will establish new seat record. > Read More Pilotless Spy Planes and Automatic Airliners Mainly military today, UAVs could be airliners tomorrow. > Read More Aviation: Always Hip, Not Always Headlined Aviation is fundamentally important to a diverse range of human activities. > Read More Space Station Gets Shielding, Not Blasters Russian cosmonauts climbed out of the International Space Station last Wednesday afternoon to install protective panels. > Read More Pixel Lunar Lander Makes Progress Despite Challenges DALLAS, Texas -- John Carmack, video game developer and founder of Armadillo Aerospace, told an attentive audience at the International Space Development Conference Friday that his Pixel reusable rocket is making technical and business progress despite some setbacks at the 2006 X Prize Cup. > Read More Boeing Names First Dreamliner Private Owner, Unveils 747-8I VIP Interior Concepts Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau is named customer for the seventh 787 VIP. > Read More Private Rocket's Cargo Found: Ashes of Star Trek's 'Scotty,' Others Recovered A rocket payload of experiments and the cremated ashes of some 200 people has been found. > Read More New Launch Delay for Second Private Space Station Prototype The launch of a new space station prototype has been delayed until late next month. > Read More Traveling Triumphantly with Technology Existing and emerging technologies will make your airport experience easier. > Read More More Nations Crave Independent Satellite Navigation Systems SUMMERLAND KEY, Fla. -- Europe is not the only focus of efforts to build a rival to GPS, the U.S. constellation of navigation satellites. > Read More Regolith Rumble: Stage Set for Moon Dirt Digging Contest Six teams from across the country are headed for a rumble in California on Saturday to compete with Moon dirt digging robots. > Read More Rocket Racing Team Withdraws from League The first team to join the growing Rocket Racing League (RRL) has withdrawn itself from high-flying venture. > Read More Very Light Jets: Affordable to Fly and Maybe to Buy Affordable very light jets might revolutionize short-haul business flying. > Read More NASA's Moon Dirt Digging Contest Yields No Winners SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) -- Four teams and some strange machines competed for a quarter-of-a-million dollars from NASA, but all walked away empty-handed. > Read More Commercial Zero-Gravity Flights Begin in Las Vegas Zero Gravity Corp. inaugurated service to Las Vegas April 21, the latest step in the company?s quest to give the average citizen the opportunity to experience weightlessness the same way astronauts in training and in spaceflight do. > Read More NASA Satellite Takes AIM at Earth’s Highest Clouds A piano-sized NASA satellite is poised to launch spaceward Wednesday afternoon on a mission to reveal the unsolved mysteries of Earth’s highest clouds. > Read More U.S. Air Force, SpaceX Strike Deal for Cape Canaveral Launches WASHINGTON - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has been granted a five-year license to launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Station, the U.S. Air Force Space Command announced April 26. > Read More XCOR Pursues Dream a Step at a Time For the last eight years privately held XCOR Aerospace Inc. has taken a slow, methodical approach to achieving its vision for reusable orbital space transportation. > Read More Bigelow Aerospace Aims for an International Market COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow has rolled out a business plan to dot low Earth orbit with habitable complexes that would serve two primary markets: 'Sovereign Clients' that represent foreign space agencies and 'Prime Clients' that come from multinational corporations. > Read More SpaceX Poised to Launch Second Falcon 1 Rocket Today The clock is ticking towards the second planned Falcon 1 rocket test for the private spaceflight firm Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), nearly one year after an unsuccessful launch debut. > Read More Bigelow Aerospace Sets a Business Trajectory While its Genesis 1 expandable module circles the Earth, Bigelow Aerospace of North Las Vegas, Nev., is preparing a follow-on inflatable spacecraft for launch and getting ready to unveil its long-term business plan for space habitats. > Read More Virgin Galactic Spaceliner Steps Forward A passenger-carrying suborbital spaceliner and the airplane that will serve as its first stage are starting to take shape on the factory floors at Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif. > Read More Space Historian Sees Cyborgs in Our Future Humans, and the machines they use to explore space, are going to evolve together in ways that are hard to predict at this early stage in the opening of the space frontier, says historian Roger Launius. > Read More Lonnie Sumpter, New Mexico Spaceport Leader Dead at 58 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico ? A key figure in supporting and planning New Mexico?s Spaceport America has died. > Read More Private Spaceflight Industry Foresees Steady Progress in 2007 The budding personal space travel industry anticipates progress on a number of fronts in 2007, including favorable U.S. regulatory decisions, the availability of affordable insurance, new spaceport developments and increased testing of new spaceship designs. > Read More UP Aerospace: Return to Flight in Progress GOLDEN, Colorado -- UP Aerospace has fully analyzed the mishap that led to the failure last September of its SpaceLoft XL suborbital rocket ? the inaugural launch from New Mexico?s Spaceport America. > Read More Bigelow Orbital Modules: Accelerated Space Plans The success of Bigelow Aerospace?s Genesis 1 module, which has been operating in orbit since July 12, has put the company well ahead in its plans for bigger and more capable modules that eventually will host visitors in orbit. > Read More Introducing: Thunderhawk -- First X-Racer Officially Named The Rocket Racing League announced today that its first Mark-1 X-Racer will be known as the Thunderhawk. > Read More Wirefly X Prize Cup Opens To Rockets Roaring, Delays LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- The ribbon was cut on the opening day here at the Wirefly X Prize Cup?billed as Earth?s great space exposition. > Read More Lunar Lander Rocket Flies But Fails In Bid For Prize Dollars LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - A little bit of Apollo Moon history was revisited here today. The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge was staged for the first time at the Wirefly X Prize Cup. > Read More Astronaut Advice for Future Space Tourists According to several veteran shuttle astronauts, future space tourists should carefully plan their out-of-this-world experience. Plot out your favorite free-fall activities, carefully select your camera gear?but don?t hog the window! > Read More Progress Touted In Private Space Travel LAS CRUCES, New Mexico ? Backers of commercial space travel continue to make progress in building customer-carrying spaceships, pursuing novel ways to fly the public into suborbital space. > Read More Wide Range of Rocket Tech for Civilian Spaceflight A new era of human spaceflight is upon is, and its shapers say it will be cheaper, safer and aimed at the masses. > Read More Rocket Racing League: Spreading Its Wings When the gates open on the X Prize Cup next month at the Las Cruces International Airport, New Mexico, visitors will get a first-hand feel for a new type of super-slick speedster—the rocket racer. > Read More Sky High Plans For UP Aerospace Momentum is picking up in staging the X Prize Cup, to be held October 20-21 at the Las Cruces International Airport, New Mexico. > Read More Boeing's Thermal Protection System For Orion Spacecraft The best protection against high heat flux is an ablative heat shield. The extreme heat of reentry causes the material to pyrolize - the chemical decomposition of a material by heating in the absence of oxygen. As the PICA chars, melts and sublimates, it creates a cool boundary layer through blowing, protecting the spacecraft. > Read More Project Orion: NASA's Next Spaceship Takes Shape The pieces are coming together for NASA’s next spaceship Orion as space agency engineers begin working with lead contractor Lockheed Martin to shape the vehicle’s cockpit. > Read More Private Space Habitat Could Launch by 2010 If the planned Jan. 30 launch of Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis 2 space module on a Russian Dnepr rocket is successful, Las Vegas entrepreneur Robert Bigelow plans to send a human-rated habitat into orbit in either the second half of 2009 or the first half of 2010. > Read More Elon Musk: SpaceX Rocket Plans Outlined LOGAN, Utah -- Unshaken by a launch failure of its Falcon 1, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is pressing forward on a return-to-flight of its privately-built booster. > Read More Space Tourism: Face Time with Earth Given the promise of privately built spaceships routinely skyrocketing from spaceports around the globe, rubbernecking customers will be afforded exceptional looks at Mother Earth and deep space. > Read More Rocketbelts: High Time For New Technology Next month, for the first time in public, members of the original Bell Aerospace rocketbelt team are meeting modern day rocketbelt engineers, builders, and pilots from around the world?enthusiasts that are keen on keeping the dream alive and high-flying. > Read More Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis-1 Performing Well LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? It?s a new form of ?high stakes? from this gambling city?a privately-funded and designed expandable space module now circles the Earth. > Read More Tourism Update: Jeff Bezos? Spaceship Plans Revealed An environmental assessment of the Texas site provides the best glimpse yet into Blue Origin's plans for public space travel. > Read More Dream Chaser: Heritage Hardware, a New Way of Doing Business ENGLEWOOD, Colorado -- A space plane designed for hauling passengers and cargo into Earth orbit was shown here June 21 - the SpaceDev Dream Chaser - one of a handful of finalists in NASA?s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Demonstration (COTS) effort. > Read More Australian Scramjet Screams Skyward An experiment in harnessing scramjet technology for future space transportation systems was flown last weekend by the University of Queensland. > Read More New Light Detector Could Allow Broadband in Space MIT researchers have developed a tiny light detector that could one day boost interplanetary communications to broadband speeds. > Read More Research Warps into Hyperdrive Take one part high-frequency gravitational wave generation, then add in a quantum vacuum field. > Read More Keeping Cool: Europe Adapts Spacesuit Tech for Work on Earth European engineers are adapting the same cooling systems used inside those spacesuits to aid firefighters, steelworkers and others who face scorching temperatures daily on Earth. > Read More Satellites That Bleed: The Future of Self-Healing Spacecraft Space can be an unforgiving environment for elderly satellites, with temperature extremes, tiny rocks and other hazards threatening to breach spacecraft hulls. > Read More X Prize Foundation Sets Draft Rules for Lunar Lander Challenge The X Prize Foundation is seeking public comment on draft rules for a lunar lander contest set for later this year. > Read More Suborbital Rocketship Fleet to Carry Tourists Spaceward in Style With a fleet of rocketships and two spaceports on the way, a private space tourism firm is taking passenger spaceflight to the next level. > Read More 'Antigravity' Propulsion System Proposed An 'antigravity' propulsion system will be proposed at the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF) in Albuquerque on Febuary 14 by Dr. Franklin Felber. > Read More Skiing That Soft Lunar Powder In the past year, the US, India, China, Japan and the European Space Agency have all made plans to head to the moon sometime in the next two decades. An recent NASA article has valuable tips from Apollo astronauts on an alternative means of lunar travel first suggested by science fiction writer Robert Heinlein - namely, skiing. > Read More New Mexico: Building A Better Spaceport With a projected $225 million being spent to create a "purpose-built" spaceport near Upham, New Mexico—expected to be completed by 2009-2010—for many of the principals involved there remains but one question: what is a 21st century spaceport supposed to look like? > Read More E-Weapons: Directed Energy Warfare In The 21st Century LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico -- There is a new breed of weaponry fast approaching—and at the speed of light no less. They are labeled "directed-energy weapons" and may well signal a revolution in military hardware—perhaps more so than the atomic bomb. > Read More USAF Ready For Space Wars Game The US Air Force has just put out a request for proposal for a "Gaming and Training Environment for Counter Space Operations." In other words, they're ready for Ender's Game. Or maybe Space Wars. > Read More Microbot Madness: Hopping Toward Planetary Exploration The success of NASA’s Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity has scored high points for the wheeled automatons, but another plan may one day have their robotic successors hopping. > Read More Space Tourism Firm Unveils Orbital Spacecraft Concept A space tourism group developing a suborbital rocket ship is now talking aim at orbital trips with a new spacecraft that doubles as a hypersonic glider. > Read More NASA Sets Centennial Challenges to Boost Robotic Space Exploration NASA announced two new cash prizes Friday, each with a weighty $250,000 purse, in a pair of contests aimed at developing robotic systems for space exploration. > Read More Robotic Space Spiders To Crawl Sub-Orbital Web Space 'spiders', small robots able to crawl along mesh webbing, will be tested during a joint mission with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, the European Space Agency and the Vienna University of Technology. > Read More Former X Prize Rivals Announce Partnership Two former rocketeer rivals are teaming up to develop privately-built spacecraft, officials with both groups said Friday. > Read More Sky Trek To The 'Near Space' Neighborhood Near Space is a region where few aircraft can tread. Floating high above the jet stream, lighter-than-air ships are now deemed as a way to loiter at length. They appear ideal for keeping tabs on a foe’s troops or delivering telecommunications services to your own warriors. > Read More The International Space Station So Far: Five Years of Service, But Incomplete The International Space Station (ISS) hit a milestone for human spaceflight Wednesday, marking five years of continuous human habitation in Earth orbit. > Read More Riding a Beam of Light: NASA's First Space Elevator Competition Proves Highly Challenging MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - After three days of grueling competition and friendly shoulder-to-shoulder innovation, over $100,000 in prize money remained in the vault at the close of the Space Elevator Games - the premier event of NASA's new X-Prize-styled series of Centennial Challenges. > Read More Russia's Next Spaceship: Alternative to NASA's CEV Russia's plan calls for a six-person Clipper spacecraft that would be hauled to the International Space Station by a tug. > Read More NASA, Air Force Team Up on Next Generation Rocket Engine A next-generation liquid-fuel engine being jointly developed by NASA, the U.S. Air Force and two prime aerospace contractors is scheduled to resume testing after being temporarily suspended due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. > Read More New Heatshield Design Tests Europe and Russian Researchers The European Space Agency, in collaboration with the Russian company Lavochkin, are designing an inflatable cone-shaped raft that can float precious cargo down to Earth from space without the disadvantages of traditional forms of heat shielding. > Read More SpaceShipOne Donated to Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum WASHINGTON (AP) – The first private space ship took its place Wednesday next to Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, praised by its designer as a symbol of a new era of space tourism alongside the icon of trans-Atlantic flight. > Read More NASA's Lunar Vision: The Devil's in the Details In some quarters, NASA’s vision of exploration is an anti-doldrums undertaking for the agency. Yet the plan is rife with technical issues that need resolution. Others suggest that the strategy is dead on arrival, or is sketchy at best. > Read More Rocket Racing: New League Promotes High-Flying Contest NEW YORK -- Traffic cops beware, there’s a whole new league of speed demon in town. > Read More Inflation Factor: Bigelow Readies Test Module A test of an inflatable Earth orbiting module is slated for liftoff early next year, bankrolled by a go-it-alone, do-it-yourself entrepreneur keen on providing commercial space habitats for research and manufacturing, among other duties. > Read More Russian Clipper Ship Draws European Interest Europe is eying Russia?s proposed crew-carrying Clipper spaceship, not only for use in International Space Station operations, but also to carve out their role in future Moon, Mars and beyond exploration. > Read More Confessions of a Space Tourism Operator According to Jane Reifert, President of Incredible Adventures, Inc. there are lessons learned that if not heeded might hold back the sky-high hopes of space tourism operators. > Read More X Prize Cup Ready For October Liftoff New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is to declare today that October 4-9 will be declared as X Prize Cup Week. > Read More Progress Made on Inflatable Private Space Module Space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow has been making quiet inroads into the development of Earth orbiting inflatable modules. > Read More Bigelow Space Module Flight Gets Government Okay The U.S. Government has given payload approval to Bigelow Aerospace permitting the entrepreneurial firm to launch its inflatable space module technology. > Read More Exclusive: Rules Set for $50 Million 'America's Space Prize' SPACE.com and Space News announce the rules that govern who wins the $50 million prize, an effort by Bigelow Aerospace to spur the development of space tourism in low Earth orbit. > Read More

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