Spaceports compete in race for business
87773
Even before the dust had settled from the $10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, the sand was being kicked up for another, potentially more lucrative space race: the
431865
By Brian McIver  THE world's superpowers have always dominated the space race.  But with companies and agencies all rushing to attract tourists and commercial passengers to the heavens, Europe and Britain are now leading the way.
524338
Marion C. Blakey, administrator of commercial space transportation for the Federal Aviation Administration, speaks with reporters following a briefing at the XCOR hangar at Mojave, Calif.
311042
After flying successfully three times in space, SpaceShipOne is in demand as an alternative way to fly people and small payloads to suborbital space.
165164
The SpaceShipOne team will attempt to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize on Monday, the 47th anniversary of the start of the first space race when the Soviet Union launched its Sputnik satellite.
110482
The US and European space agencies signal their desire to co-operate on the biggest missions.
52288
So far, one entrant, SpaceShipOne of California, seems likely to win the prize for a successful manned spacecraft launch. But three other teams say they're still in the running. By Dan Brekke.
95059
Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
393538
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 industry faces a myriad of safety concerns - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...
466218
Company competes in Baja 1000 as a way to build its name and test its technology.
687946
Northrop Grumman Corp. and the Boeing Co. may work as a team in a competition to develop NASAâs project to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond, Northrop Grumman officials said this week.
571344
Three local companies are among four contractors that will vie for $610 million in consulting, engineering and technical services with the Air Force Space Command over the next five years.
179662
Industrial groups in Europe are about to look in detail at ideas for a new launch system to put humans in space.
112017
While space enthusiasts have focused on NASA's preparations for the next shuttle launching and its award of a huge contract to develop the next spaceship for human flight, a battle has erupted outside the limelight between the agency's administrator and some of his top scientific advisers.
174555
LOS ANGELES Boeing and defense contractor Northrop Grumman say they&#39;ll bid as a team to compete for NASA&#39;s manned and robotic space exploration program.
493463
LOS ANGELES - A private spacecraft is to shoot beyond Earth&#39;s atmosphere for the second time in a week today in a bid to win a US$10 million ($15 million) prize and prove that space is open for business.
690138
Commercial space flight doesn't offer too many opportunities for investors, but there is one tiny prospect.