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Photos: Astronauts in NYC! Final Shuttle Crew's Big Apple Tour | Last Space Shuttle Astroanuts |
www.space.com | Aug 17, 2011
See photos from the NYC tour of NASA's last-ever space shuttle crew in August 2011. The four astronaut flew NASA's STS-135 mission aboard Atlantis in July 2011.

Boeing Chooses Atlas V to Launch CST-100 Space Craft Amid Budget Uncertainty - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com | Aug 5, 2011
Read 'Boeing Chooses Atlas V to Launch CST-100 Space Craft Amid Budget Uncertainty' on Yahoo! News. Boeing has chosen the Atlas V as the launch vehicle for its CST-100, the space craft it is developing under NASA's commercial crew program. The Atlas V is manufactured by Lockheed Martin and is

New Company to Send Photos to Space in Honor of 50th Anniversary of Manned Space Flight
www.prlog.org | Dec 10, 2010
New Company to Send Photos to Space in Honor of 50th Anniversary of Manned Space Flight. Photos to Space provides opportunities for the public to take part in space travel. Customers can participate in its program by uploading a photo to be launched into space on a rocket commemorating the 50th

DARPA, NASA collaborate on "100-Year Starship" project | Homeland Security News Wire
homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Nov 4, 2010
<div class="field field-type-text field-field-prologue"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd">Planetary security</div></div></div><div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd">DARPA, NASA collaborate on a study to examine

Boeing, Space Adventures tout tourism initiative | The Space Shot - CNET News
news.cnet.com | Sep 15, 2010
Wealthy space tourists and non-NASA researchers may one day fly to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's planned CST-100 capsule, being developed as a commercial venture. Read this blog post by William Harwood on The Space Shot.

Boeing unveils its commercial capsule spacecraft
www.physorg.com | Jul 22, 2010
(PhysOrg.com) -- Boeing unveiled its plans for a capsule spacecraft for ferrying astronauts and cargo to space stations at the biennial Farnborough International Air Show in the UK on July 19th. The craft is designed to fill the gap that will be left when the NASA space shuttles are retired from

Russia to postpone next manned space launches
www.space-travel.com | Jan 28, 2012
Moscow (AFP) Jan 27, 2012 - Russia is set to pospone the next two manned launches for the International Space Station (ISS) for several weeks due to technical problems with the Soyuz spaceship, an industry source told Interfax Friday.

China mulls over sending female taikonauts into space
www.spacedaily.com | Nov 1, 2011
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Nov 01, 2011 - China is considering sending female astronauts into space during its space docking missions next year, a chief designer for the astronaut program said Monday. Two female astronauts have been s

Moon mission on the horizon
www.moondaily.com | Jan 3, 2012
Beijing, China (XNA) Jan 03, 2012 - Preliminary research on a giant leap to the moon has been included in the government's plans for the next five years, according to a white paper issued on Thursday. The white paper, China's Space

Aviation Today :: NASA's Shuttle Discovery Launches to Enhance Space Station Science
www.avtoday.com |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Space shuttle Discovery, with its seven-member crew, launched at 11:59 p.m. EDT Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle will deliver supplies, equipment and a new crew member to the International Space Station.