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Beyond SpaceX: Five companies seeking to change space travel
During the past 10 years, Presidents George W. Bush and Obama have directed NASA to turn the job of transporting cargo and crew to the space station over to the private sector. As that process gathers pace, here is a list of the key players.
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Giant leap in race to replace space shuttle? Dream Chaser gets big boost.
Sierra Nevada Corp., which is designing a mini space shuttle called the Dream Chaser, announced that it's joining forces with Lockheed Martin – heavy-hitter in aerospace.
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Dragon capsule reaches space station, chocolate ripple ice cream intact
SpaceX's Dragon capsule delivered cargo including a little ice cream to the International Space Station Wednesday, confirming that a new era for NASA has finally been realized.
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Keep Calm Good Reads: Hillsborough, rural Russians, and chasing dreams of spaceflight
This week's long form good reads include a recounting of the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield, insights into the political thinking of rural Russians, and the Dream Chaser spaceplane's history.
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NASA awards $1.1 billion to Boeing, SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corporation
Three private companies – Boeing, SpaceX, and the Sierra Nevada Corporation – will share $1.1 billion from NASA to help restore the US human spaceflight program.
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Boeing, SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corporation to share $1.1 billion from NASA (+video)
Under a new deal, NASA will be paying a trio of companies over the next 21 months to develop spacecraft capable of flying US astronauts to the International Space Station.
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NASA launches $1.1 billion deal with private spaceflight companies (+video)
A trio of private spaceflight companies – Boeing, SpaceX, and the Sierra Nevada Corporation – are to get $1.1 billion in funding from NASA under a new deal to launch US astronauts into space.
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SpaceX capsule one step closer to manned flight, says NASA
SpaceX's Dragon space capsule has passed a main design review, brining the private spacecraft closer to carrying astronauts into orbit.
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SpaceX rocket on its way to outer space (+video)
This is the first privately-funded spaceflight to the International Space Station; it launched Tuesday after a scrubbed mission over the weekend.
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SpaceX launch: private industry inspires new generation of rocketeers (+video)
SpaceX launch a reminder that NASA isn't the only game in town anymore. Aspiring engineers, rocket designers, space geeks look to 'New Space' companies to boldly go where only governments used to go.
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Beyond SpaceX: Five companies seeking to change space travel
During the past 10 years, Presidents George W. Bush and Obama have directed NASA to turn the job of transporting cargo and crew to the space station over to the private sector. As that process gathers pace, here is a list of the key players.
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NASA calls for new spaceships to taxi astronauts to space station
NASA is looking for two private firms to design and build 'space taxis' to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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With Atlantis landing, an era ends. Are private space firms ready for duty?
The Atlantis landing just before 6 a.m. Thursday marks the end of the US space shuttle program – and the transition to private firms as the cargo carriers to space. Perhaps they'll ferry people, too.
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In race to replace space shuttles, NASA boosts four front-runners
NASA is turning to private companies to replace the space shuttles, and it will give four proposals from the likes of Boeing and SpaceX $269 million this year.
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Six private enterprises that could launch humans into orbit
Private spaceflight is entering a new era with the first test launch of the new Falcon 9 rocket Friday. Here are six companies vying to build a vessel that will carry civilians into space.
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