Spacesuit entrepreneurs plan parachute jumps from orbit
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Lost their hearts to a starship trooper/the ultimate in high fashion A former Nasa flight surgeon who lost his astronaut wife in the Columbia space shuttle disaster has teamed up with a self-described "bad boy" space commentator to mount trials in which humans would descend from orbit skydiver-style.â¦
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An experienced team of pilots, engineers and scientists are relying on a reinforced skydiving parachute and a helicopter's hook to safely return the first samples from space since the Apollo era.
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LONDON  -- British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.       Branson, a flamboyant communicator and high-profile tycoon, said his Virgin Atlantic airline had signed a technology licensing deal with the US company behind SpaceShipOne, which in June became the first private manned craft to travel to space...
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Richard Branson, Britain&#39;s best-known entrepreneur and part-time daredevil, plans to launch the world&#39;s first passenger service to space in 2007, offering zero-gravity flights for 110,000 pounds ($198,600).
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Science & environment: The countdown is on for the first regular space tourists to rocket into space
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Astronauts spend years training before they can lift off into space. They learn to operate shuttles, perform experiments in zero-gravity, and eat bugs if they must.
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A team of NASA (news - web sites) scientists, navigators and helicopter stunt pilots is ready to snatch a space sample canister out of the sky next month when the Genesis spacecraft returns to Earth.
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Richard Bransonâs plans for suborbital tourism may sound pie-in-the-sky, but he has details all worked out. When the first space vacations are available, Richard Branson will be there selling them.
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As we reach for the stars, are there opportunities for investors in the new space race?
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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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The creator of the first privately-financed craft to carry a human into space showed models of a new, bigger version.
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A body-hugging new spacesuit may give astronauts more agility in space. Plus, it makes a kicky fashion statement
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Paul Allen&#39;s backing of commercial space flight received a boost Monday, as a startup called Virgin Galactic plans to build an aircraft based on the technology used by SpaceShipOne, the Allen-backed plane that flew into space in June.
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Industrial designer takes inspiration from comics, movies while working on the interior of Virgin Galactic spacecraft and the suits tourists will wear on suborbital flights.
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London - Space tourism, the business of rocketing civilians into orbit as British tycoon Richard Branson vowed on Monday to do, is technically feasible within a few years but fraught with perils, a space expert said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - A spacewalking NASA astronaut pitched two large pieces of obsolete equipment off the International Space Station and into orbit on Monday.
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British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his Virgin company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years.