New space travel era
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A MANNED rocket ship, financed entirely with private funds, reached the edge of space on Monday. The spaceship&#39;s builders and backers say the project&#39;s success marks a new age for commercial space tourism and travel.
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The ancient art of sailing gets a space-age update next year with the launch of the first sunlight-propelled &quot;solar sail&quot; spacecraft.
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Astronaut hopefuls with the right stuff have a fresh chance to reach for the International Space Station and, ultimately, the moon, thanks to a new NASA hunt for qualified spaceflyers.
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The dream of opening space to the general public was given a tremendous boost in 2004 with SpaceShipOne's prize-winning suborbital jaunt and congressional legislation to help establish a space travel industry in the United States. But even the biggest champions of commercial spaceflight acknowledge that a vital space tourism market is still years from becoming reality.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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WHAT&#39;s the prize beneath the cap of that soft drink bottle? A trip into space. It may sound far-fetched - if not a little crass â-ut the commercialisation of the final frontier began in earnest yesterday
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The world&#39;s first passenger service to space will start carrying fee-paying astronauts from 2007, say two entrepreneurs, although some are not so convinced with their ambitious time-frame.
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ORLANDO, Florida -- Replanting boot prints on the Moon. Hurling expeditionary crews to distant and dusty Mars and other destinations. Executing a 21st century outreach campaign to faraway worlds demands a safe, sustainable, and affordable transport vehicle system.
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A new generation of superjets comes to life.
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It was a staple of 1960s science fiction that the future would involve flying cars and holidays on the moon. While the mass-production flying car hasn&#39;t yet hit the showrooms, the prospects for space tourism have taken a few steps closer.
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new realm of space, and it's beaming back some surprises.
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It's the year 2020, and space has never been so busy. Picture this:In Earth orbit, a robotic maintenance ship skitters from one weather satellite to another, upgrading powerful optics that help meteorologists track dangerous storms.
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Sir Richard Branson announces that he has signed an agreement to develop the world&#39;s first privately funded space travel. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA.
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A flurry of space tourism milestones and announcements in recent days signals that human spaceflight is shifting from governments to the private sector, space experts say.
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Scientists discuss their preferred targets for the next "flagship" mission to another world.
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Blog: Space Adventures says it's booked two added passenger seats for orbital flights on the Russian Soyuz rocket in the coming years, upping its commitment in the tourist space-flight market.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA may fly its next-generation space vehicle to the international space station through 2020, four years longer than the agency had originally planned to fly to the outpost, an official said Tuesday.