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October 21, 2015

Balloon ‘pods’ to bridge space tourism gap

High-performance balloon ‘pods’ aim to take tourists to the edge of space.  

October 21, 2015

Virgin Galactic spaceship's 'feathering' descent system eyed in deadly crash

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space plane broke apart just after its "feathering" re-entry system deployed early during a tragic test flight on Friday.

October 21, 2015

Orbital Sciences pieces together timeline of Antares rocket explosion

Private spaceflight company Orbital Sciences Corp. is starting to piece together the timeline of events leading up to the explosion of its Antares rocket just after liftoff on Tuesday evening (Oct. 28).

October 21, 2015

Secretive X-37B military space plane could land in California Tuesday

The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane will return to Earth this week —possibly as early as Tuesday — after 22 months in orbit on a secret mission.

October 21, 2015

How NASA crews could sleep for 6 months on the journey to Mars

Existing medical techniques are laying the foundations for an ambitious research project to send astronauts into a deep sleep on a six-month journey to Mars, according to the engineer leading the study.

October 21, 2015

The right (mental) stuff: NASA astronaut psychology revealed

WASHINGTON — So, you want to be an astronaut.

October 21, 2015

SpaceX to build private spaceport in Texas

Start-up rocket-maker Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has unveiled plans to build a commercial spaceport in Texas.

October 21, 2015

NASA eyes robotic space gas stations for satellites

NASA wants to create a robotic gas station in space.

October 21, 2015

Apollo 11 patch flown on 1st moon landing to launch with astronauts to Mars

When American astronauts make the next "giant leap" by launching to Mars, they will bring with them a memento from the first moon landing 45 years ago.

October 21, 2015

Greetings from Earth! NASA spacecraft to carry message for aliens

A NASA probe that's expected to leave the solar system after it finishes its mission at Pluto and beyond will carry a message intended for any alien life-form that comes across it in the far future.