Firms look to shuttle successor
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
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The US space agency, NASA, says work continues on safety improvements on the space shuttle design in anticipation of the shuttle&#39;s return to flight in 2005.
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After weeks of delay, space shuttle Atlantis is given a launch date for its next mission.
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The United States is to resume its space shuttle program next year after the Columbia shuttle tragedy in 2003. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, announced
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NASA hinted that it might rely on Russian rockets to deliver crew and cargo to the international space station when the shuttle fleet is retired in 2010 if private space companies fail to fill the gap.
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Northrop Grumman and Boeing said yesterday they will bid as a team to compete for NASA&#39;s planned manned and robotic space-exploration program.
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LOS ANGELES - 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...
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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.
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BOULDER,  Colo. -- As NASA and its industrial army march forward to this year's return to flight of the space shuttle program, a new assessment has been made on the program's overall price tag to the taxpayer.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will decide whethe
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Parallel to Orion Plans are underway to build a European alternative to the US's shuttle replacement Orion.â¦
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Nasa looks towards the first launch of the space shuttle since the Columbia disaster in 2003.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press  Orion will be the Apollo capsule-like replacement for the 25- year-old space shuttle fleet.
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Five years after NASA's shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry and killed seven astronauts, the agency looks to test new safety features even beyond the upcoming launch of the Atlantis orbiter.
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By Mark Carreau, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 4--NASA is preparing to ramp up the pace of its shuttle missions as Atlantis is poised to blast off this week in a bid to finish the assembly of the international space station by a 2010 deadline.
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The arrival of the space shuttle Discovery will mark the next stage in construction.
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The US space agency, NASA, continues work on improving the safety of the space shuttle, before the fleet of orbiters resumes its visits to the international space station next year.