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Microsoft Co-Founder To Build Giant Plane To Launch People, Cargo Into Space

Microsoft Co-Founder To Build Giant Plane To Launch People, Cargo Into Space

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the world’s biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write America’s next chapter ...

Microsoft Co-Founder To Build Giant Plane To Launch People, Cargo Into Space
Richard Branson opens world's first 'spaceport' in US
Richard Branson opens world's first 'spaceport' in US
British billionaire Richard Branson opened the world's first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic.
Brace for impact: Scientists warn ANOTHER out-of-control three ton telescope is hurtling towards the Earth at high speed
Brace for impact: Scientists warn ANOTHER out-of-control three ton telescope is hurtling towards the Earth at high speed
Earth has been told to brace for a possible satellite collision as an orbiting telescope weighing nearly three tons has spun out of control and is plummeting homewards.
Europe Plots Mission to the Sun
Europe Plots Mission to the Sun
Europe's collective space agency is planning an ambitious space mission that would send a satellite nearly three-quarters of the way to the Sun.
Obama under fire over space plans
Obama under fire over space plans
High-profile critics fear President Barack Obama's commercial overhaul of human spaceflight is going nowhere and could mark the end of half a century of US supremacy among the stars and planets.
Defunct NASA satellite to crash to Earth this week
Defunct NASA satellite to crash to Earth this week
A defunct NASA science satellite is expected to fall back to Earth on Friday, showering debris somewhere on the planet although scientists cannot predict exactly where, officials said.
Huge Defunct Satellite Falling to Earth Faster Than Expected, NASA Says
Huge Defunct Satellite Falling to Earth Faster Than Expected, NASA Says
NASA space junk experts have refined the forecast for the anticipated death plunge of a giant satellite, with the U.S. space agency now predicting the 6 1/2-ton climate probe will plummet to Earth around Sept. 23, a day earlier than previously reported.
NASA launches twin satellites to study insides of moon
NASA launches twin satellites to study insides of moon
A pair of spacecraft rocketed toward the moon Saturday on the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity and determining what’s inside Earth’s orbiting companion – all the way down to the core.
Microsoft Co-Founder To Build Giant Plane To Launch People, Cargo Into Space
Microsoft Co-Founder To Build Giant Plane To Launch People, Cargo Into Space
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the world’s biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write America’s next chapter ...

'Super-Earth,' 1 of 50 Newfound Alien Planets, Could Potentially Support Life

'Super-Earth,' 1 of 50 Newfound Alien Planets, Could Potentially Support Life

More than 50 new alien planets — including one so-called super-Earth that could potentially support life — have been ...

'Super-Earth,' 1 of 50 Newfound Alien Planets, Could Potentially Support Life

Phase one of world's first commercial spaceport is now 90% completed - in time for first flights in 2013

Phase one of world's first commercial spaceport is now 90% completed - in time for first flights in 2013

Phase one of the world's first commercial spaceport, which will be the hub for Virgin's consumer spaceflights, is now...

Phase one of world's first commercial spaceport is now 90% completed - in time for first flights in 2013

Amazon Chief's Spaceship Misfires

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos said Friday his privately funded space venture had to destroy an unmanned rocket last week after it lost control during a test flight. The failure of the craft, shown above during multiple tests, is a blow to commercial space programs.

An unmanned spaceship funded by Internet billionaire Jeff Bezos veered out of control and had to be destroyed during ...

Amazon Chief's Spaceship Misfires

Space Station Crew Closely Watching Russian Rocket Crash Investigation

Space Station Crew Closely Watching Russian Rocket Crash Investigation

Astronauts on the International Space Station are keeping a close eye on the investigation into the recent crash of a...

Space Station Crew Closely Watching Russian Rocket Crash Investigation

Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic ...

Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

Fact following fiction? Scientists plan mission to blow up an asteroid 'hurtling towards Earth'

Rescue plan: The European Space Agency is planning mission Don Quijote - to blow up a huge asteroid that could potentially be hurtling towards Earth

It seemed far-fetched on the silver screen. But the European Space Agency is planning to launch a mission similar to ...

Fact following fiction? Scientists plan mission to blow up an asteroid 'hurtling towards Earth'

Astronomers Observe Colossal Saturn Storm

The huge storm churning through the atmosphere in Saturn’s northern hemisphere overtakes itself as it encircles the planet in this true-color view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. (NASA/JPL)

It began as a bright white dot in Saturn’s northern hemisphere. Within days, the dot grew larger and stormier. Soon t...

Astronomers Observe Colossal Saturn Storm

Russia gains edge in space race as US shuttle bows out

Russia gains edge in space race as US shuttle bows out

As the United States winds down its shuttle programme in a symbolic twist in a long-running space rivalry, Russia wil...

Russia gains edge in space race as US shuttle bows out

Space debris a growing problem

Space debris a growing problem

A scare triggered by orbital debris that on Tuesday came within a couple of hundred metres (yards) of the Internation...

Space debris a growing problem

Edge of Solar System Filled with Bubbles, NASA Says

Edge of Solar System Filled with Bubbles, NASA Says

The edge of our solar system is filled with a turbulent sea of magnetic bubbles, according to new NASA research.

Edge of Solar System Filled with Bubbles, NASA Says

Dark Energy Is Driving Universe Apart: NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer Finds Dark Energy Repulsive

Dark Energy Is Driving Universe Apart: NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer Finds Dark Energy Repulsive

A five-year survey of 200,000 galaxies, stretching back seven billion years in cosmic time, has led to one of the bes...

Dark Energy Is Driving Universe Apart: NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer Finds Dark Energy Repulsive

Next Giant Leap for Space Tourism: A Trip Around the Moon

Next Giant Leap for Space Tourism: A Trip Around the Moon

Space tourism has already reached low-Earth orbit, and now the industry is shooting for the moon. After helping to se...

Next Giant Leap for Space Tourism: A Trip Around the Moon
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