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There's a now a third private space entity that's been screened and granted permission to ferry cargo to and fro ...

Top-Secret Air Force plane lands after 2 year mission in Earth’s orbit

October 20, 2014

After exactly 674 days in orbit, the Air Force's top secret spaceplane landed in California on Friday. There's very little anyone ...

Highly secretive unmanned Air Force spacecraft launches into orbit

by Tibi Puiu

December 12, 2012

Yesterday morning, the U.S. Air Force launched its X-37B robotic space plane into orbit via an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida's Cape ...

SpaceX Dragon crew in evaluation test. (c) SpaceX

Boeing and SpaceX split $1 billion NASA founds – commercial spaceflight on demand

by Tibi Puiu

August 3, 2012

Both Boeing and SpaceX are set to split as much as $1 billion in federal awards destined to spur development ...

An artist's impression of the Orion spacecraft as it enters Earth's atmosphere. (c) NASA

Orion maiden test launch set for 2014, manned flight pushed to 2021

by Tibi Puiu

January 31, 2012

Last year NASA permanently retired the iconic shuttle program, since it became obsolete, too expensive, difficult to maintain and no ...

Shuttle Atlantis as it enters Earth's glowing atmosphere. Click for a better, larger view. (c) NASA/Johnson Space Center

[Amazing Photo] Atlantis re-entering Earth’s atmosphere

by Tibi Puiu

July 22, 2011

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I'll admit, it doesn't look like much here, but wait till you hit play on the embedded video.

[VIDEO] The ISS and Atlantis shuttle as seen in broad daylight

by Tibi Puiu

July 20, 2011

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The STS 135 crew met with a standing ovation from the crowd. From left to right: Mission Specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, Pilot Doug Hurley Shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson. (c) Ken Kreme

NASA’s last ever shuttle mission in photos

by Tibi Puiu

February 13, 2016

Despite unfriendly whether filled with low lying clouds and a last moment countdown glitch, which gave of all the 750,000 ...

Joining Ferguson (left in photo) for the 12-day STS-135 mission to the International Space Station are pilot Doug Hurley (second left), and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim. (c) NASA

On the eve of the shuttle’s “Final Countdown”

by Tibi Puiu

July 5, 2011

Space shuttle Atlantis will embark this Friday on its final journey, symbolizing the end of NASA's illustrious space shuttle program. ...

STS-135 mission crew: commander Chris Ferguson (centre right in photo), pilot Doug Hurley (centre left), and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim. (c) NASA

Final ever shuttle mission scheduled for July 8

by Tibi Puiu

June 29, 2011

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