Private Spaceflight Archive
17 July 2012, 11:35 AM ET
Reaction Engines Ltd. is designing the Skylon space plane.
15 July 2012, 12:17 AM ET
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14 July 2012, 01:32 PM ET
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13 July 2012, 06:16 PM ET
The lucky winner will fly to the edge of space aboard XCOR Aerospace's Lynx.
13 July 2012, 02:42 PM ET
SpaceX hopes the Dragon spacecraft will be carrying astronauts to low-Earth orbit by 2015.
12 July 2012, 03:59 PM ET
Former Google Books engineering head Jimi Crawford has joined the Moon Express team.
12 July 2012, 03:15 PM ET
Twenty-five teams are competing in a $30 million private race to the moon.
11 July 2012, 10:38 AM ET
See images of Virgin Galactic's planned LauncherOne rocket for private satellite launches.
11 July 2012, 10:18 AM ET
Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne rocket will launch small satellites into orbit from a carrier plane.
09 July 2012, 12:59 PM ET
XCOR officials announced plans for a new test facility in Midland, Texas.
08 July 2012, 07:00 AM ET
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07 July 2012, 07:00 AM ET
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01 July 2012, 09:22 AM ET
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01 July 2012, 09:05 AM ET
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30 June 2012, 07:14 AM ET
The hybrid motor could lead to more efficient rockets down the road, its builders say.
29 June 2012, 02:48 PM ET
A UK-based firm plans to re-use older Soviet-era spacecraft.
29 June 2012, 01:36 PM ET
The private company Excalibur Almaz plans to send people to the moon on recycled Russian spacecraft.
26 June 2012, 07:01 AM ET
A new spaceship design and a plan to launch commercial cargo loads may be announced soon.
26 June 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Mars One plans to raise funds by staging a huge media spectacle.
25 June 2012, 01:49 PM ET
Interest is rising among scientists and space tourists for suborbital jaunts to space.
23 June 2012, 07:00 AM ET
China's successful manned mission to space and the possibility of finding the 'God' particle are just some of this week's big space headlines.
23 June 2012, 06:22 AM ET
See the most amazing space images of the week, including China's mission to space and Mickey Mouse on Mercury.
20 June 2012, 03:36 PM ET
Commercial spaceflight could open up new research and development industries.
18 June 2012, 01:17 PM ET
The agreement represents an important step for the budding commercial spaceflight industry.
17 June 2012, 09:02 AM ET
See the most amazing space images of the week, including a robot space plane landing and amazing galaxy line-up.