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May 23, 2013 03:57 PM ET // Irene Klotz
NASA on Thursday posted a “For Lease” sign on one of its space shuttle launch pads, as it continues to downsize and revamp the Kennedy Space Center following the program’s retirement. Continue reading →
Apr 5, 2013 12:27 PM ET // Markus Hammonds
Swiss Space Systems' SOAR rocket plane is scheduled to start launching satellites into orbit by the end of 2017. ->
Mar 11, 2013 11:22 PM ET // Irene Klotz
An experimental reusable rocket built by SpaceX soared to a record 263 feet before landing itself on its launch pad, company founder and chief executive Elon Musk said at the SXSW conference in Austin. ->
Mar 3, 2013 11:01 AM ET // Ian O'Neill
At 8:56 am ET Sunday morning, International Space Station astronauts guided the Canadarm2 robotic arm to an earlier-than-scheduled berthing maneuver with the SpaceX Dragon capsule. ->
Mar 2, 2013 05:28 PM ET // Irene Klotz
NASA has cleared Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo capsule for a rendezvous with the International Space Station on Sunday after problems with the spacecraft's thruster pods were resolved. ->
Mar 1, 2013 07:16 PM ET // Irene Klotz
After missing its scheduled rendezvous with the space station, SpaceX says it is back on track, with all four of its cargo capsule's rocket thruster pods working. ->
Feb 9, 2013 05:06 PM ET // Markus Hammonds
It's been over 40 years since anyone last stood on the moon, but could the next journey there be made by a commercial enterprise? ->
Jan 12, 2012 11:13 AM ET // Robert Lamb
It's only natural that pop culture's favorite one percenters now ascend into space aboard Virgin Galactic and film the mother of all music videos.
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