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Boeing 'Space Taxi' Will Have A Seat For Paying Tourists

The new U.S. program to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station will also accommodate tourists, for a hefty price.

International Space Station Astronauts From US, Russia Return Safely Back To Earth

Cooperation between the U.S. and Russia on space projects has been jeopardized over the latter's role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Boeing, Lockheed And SpaceX Race To Develop New Space Tech Amid Russian Political Tension

American space companies said they still have contracts for Russian equipment, but they're rushing to develop their own technology.

NASA Beams ‘Hello, World!’ HD Video From Space Station Using Laser

The 148-second video transmission reached a maximum data transmission rate of 50 megabits per second.

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NASA, Roscosmos Assign Veteran Crew To Yearlong Space Station Mission In 2015

Two veteran spacefarers, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko, have been selected by NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and their international partners for a yearlong mission aboard the International Space Station in 2015. The mission will include collecting scientific data important to future human exploration of our solar system.

China Set To Launch Spacecraft This Month For Manned Space Docking

China is preparing to launch a manned space flight to an orbiting space laboratory in the middle of this month, according to state media reports and China's human spaceflight agency.

A Dragon By The Tail (In Outer Space): SpaceX Makes It To Space Station

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has become the first non-governmental agency to fly to the International Space Station and dock with orbiting laboratory.

European Cargo Vessel Docks with Space Station

An unmanned European supply vessel carrying more than six tonnes of freight docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday reinforcing Europe's role in the functioning of the ISS, space officials said.

China Plans to Land a Man on the Moon

A government-issued decree is the first published announcement that China intends to land an astronaut on the moon, a place where no one has stood in almost 40 years.

Russian Spaceship Launches to Space Station

A Russian Spaceship with a Russian and American crew launched for the space station Monday morning.

Russian Freighter Delivers to ISS: First iPads Flying in Space

On Wednesday morning, an unmanned Russian freighter makes cargo deliveries aboard the International Space Station. Among other needed supplies for astronauts in orbit, the spacecraft also delivered the first iPads to ever fly in space.

China Enters Space Race with First Space Lab Module Tiangong Launch

This week, China has plans to launch its first prototype of a future space station. Being the third nation to send a person to space, China leaves the rest of the world anxious for their launch event.

Russia Postpones Crew Launch: Is the International Space Station at Risk?

The Russian Space Agency on Tuesday announced that it is postponing the launch of the latest space station crew to Nov. 12. This gives NASA reasons to worry, since the situation is such that NASA itself has no space shuttles to take the astronauts to the International Space Station, and it relies completely on Russia for the same.

Rocket failure exposes space station vulnerability

When a Russian rocket failed on its way to orbit last month, it exposed a vulnerability in the International Space Station program that a former NASA astronaut thinks China could help address.

Amazon.com Founder’s Spaceship Crashes

A spaceship funded by Internet billionaire, Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, crashed during a test flight in West Texas.

Space Junk Touching 'Tipping Point': Warning for NASA

Space debris has touched the “tipping point,” as per a report released by the National Research Council, which appealed to NASA to find methods of monitoring in a better manner as well as cleaning up the orbiting junk which could be ominous for active satellites and manned spacecraft.

Gas Generator Caused Accident of International Space Station-Bound Rocket: Russia

A malfunctioning gas generator in the Soyuz carrier rocket's third stage engine has been identified by members of the emergency commission as the reason a supply ship didn't make it to the International Space Station, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) spokesman Alexei Kuznetsov told the Itar-Tass on Monday.

The International Space Station and the Docked Space Shuttle Endeavour

U.S., Russian Officials Could Leave Space Station Unmanned

U.S. and Russian space agency officials are considering temporarily pulling astronauts off of the International Space Station, The Wall Street Journal reports Monday, following last week's failure of an unmanned cargo mission to the international space station.