Space Exploration Technologies, a privately owned firm developing a space taxi with U.S.-government backing, plans to launch its second test capsule on November 30 and send it all the way to the International Space Station, a company manager said on Thursday.
Private spaceflight firm Space Exploration Technologies, SpaceX, which is preparing to send a space capsule to the International Space Station this November, will team up with NASA to send a mission to search for life on Mars.
Space Exploration Technologies, or simply SpaceX, and other private sector companies are vying to fill the void for transport to space after the U.S. government put the breaks on its own shuttle program.
Privately owned Space Exploration Technologies, or Space X, is planning to fill the void left by the retiring U.S. space shuttle program with its own space taxi as it ramps up for a test later this year.
Space Exploration Technologies, a privately owned firm developing a space taxi with U.S.-government backing, plans to launch its second test capsule on November 30 and send it all the way to the International Space Station, a company manager said on Thursday.
Private spaceflight company Space Exploration (SpaceX) is on its way to become the first private company to dock with the International Space Station.
Now that NASA's shuttle program has ended, a a new constellation of companies is set to respond to the sudden demand for firms with the capability to transport humans to the International Space Station, and eventually the moon.
Now that NASA's shuttle program has ended, a new constellation of companies is set respond to the sudden demand for firms with the capability to transport humans to the International Space Station and eventually the moon.
Space shuttle Atlantis may be permanently stuck on earth, but the private space industry is preparing for blastoff.
The U.S. delivered the last time there was a space race. This time those who want to see the country beat the Russians and other space competition may be relying on the private sector.
The space shuttle Atlantis lands and officially ends the space shuttle program after 30 years.
As the space shuttle era ends, what's next for space exploration? How about private citizens in space.
NASA is going to the private sector for the next era of manned space missions.
NASA talks about the future of space exploration after the impending end of the space shuttle program.
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said NASA has been an absolute case study in why bureaucracy can't innovate.
Spacex chief Elon Musk is talking a big game when it comes to the future of space travel.
NASA is working to ensure the next generation of space craft is American-made.
NASA has awarded projects worth millions to four commercial space transportation companies as part of its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) program.
SpaceX unveiled its latest rocket, called the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful launcher ever built by a private company.
Getting a head start in a $30 million Lunar race, Pittsburgh-based company, Astrobotic Technology, has already booked a ticket to the moon on SpaceX.
Pennsylvania-based Astrobotic Technology Inc. has announced a contract with SpaceX to launch Astrobotic's robotic payload to the Moon on a Falcon 9 rocket as early as December 2013.
For the first time, a private company has successfully launched a spacecraft to orbit and returned it to Earth.
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