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110 Student Rocketry Teams Will Compete in 'Spaceport America Cup'
June 19, 2017 | ArticleCompanies all over the United States will be hunting for new rocketeers to hire during the inaugural Spaceport America Cup this week, where students will fire their rocket creations as high as 30,000 feet (9,150 meters).
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Fried Frontier: KFC Chicken Sandwich Heading to Stratosphere Next Week
June 13, 2017 | ArticleWorld View Enterprises' Stratollite balloon system is scheduled to carry a KFC Zinger chicken sandwich to the stratosphere on June 21, representatives of both companies announced today (June 13).
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Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Makes 5th 'Glide Flight' (Photos)
June 01, 2017 | ArticleVirgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane was hauled into the skies above Mojave, California, this morning (June 1) by the carrier aircraft WhiteKnightTwo and later glided down for a runway landing.
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Your Smartphone Could be Your Ticket to Space — If Space Nation Takes Flight
May 23, 2017 | ArticleSpace Nation, the Finnish startup seeking to pave the way for the transition of humanity into space, announced plans May 16 to conduct experiments on the International Space Station.
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Russian Rocket Chief Throws Some Shade on Elon Musk's Moon Plan
May 17, 2017 | ArticleThe head of Russia's most prominent spaceflight company questioned whether Elon Musk's SpaceX will be able to launch people around the moon next year and said Russia plans to revive tourism flights to the International Space Station by 2020.
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'Space Tourists' Will Wear Special Socks on High-Altitude Balloon Flights
May 15, 2017 | ArticleTourists on high-altitude balloon flights will have access to special socks while enjoying the blackness of near-space.
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'Star Trek' Icon William Shatner to Take Zero-G Flight in August
May 05, 2017 | ArticleThis August, William Shatner will get closer to the final frontier than he ever did in his "Star Trek" days.
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Virgin Galactic's 'Unity' Completes First 'Feathered' Flight | Video
May 02, 2017 | VideoVSS Unity activated its feather re-entry system for the first time during a test flight on May 1, 2017. Virgin Galactic project engineer Gabe Williams explains how it works.
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Makes 1st Test Flight of Revamped Re-Entry System
May 01, 2017 | ArticleVirgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo took to the skies over Mojave, California, Monday (May 1) for the first test flight of its the craft's atmospheric re-entry system, which was modified after a fatal test flight in 2014 destroyed the original ship.
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Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Space Tourists in 2018, CEO Says
April 28, 2017 | ArticleRichard Branson's Virgin Galactic is on track to begin commercial passenger spaceflights before the end of 2018, the company's chief executive said.
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