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Space shuttle Discovery atop a 747 carrier jet departs the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery is being transported to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Space shuttle flown to Smithsonian

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 2:16pm

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Huge private plane planned to launch spaceships

Donna Blankinship, Seth Borenstein The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 4:48pm

SEATTLE -- Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the world's biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write America's next chapter in spaceflight.

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NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip

Marcia Dunn The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 1:15pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A private space company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February.

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Boeing to build spacecraft

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 31, 2011 - 2:10pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Boeing is taking over a space shuttle hangar in Florida to work on its own space capsule.

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NASA buys a ticket on Virgin Galactic

W.J. Hennigan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, October 14, 2011 - 4:07pm

NASA engineers, technologists and scientific researchers are planning to hitch a ride to outer space aboard a spaceship owned by Virgin Galactic, British billionaire Richard Branson's private space venture.

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(The Associated Press) This artist’s concept provided by NASA shows the launch of the rocket design called the Space Launch System. The design for NASA’s newest behemoth of a rocket harkens back to the giant workhorse liquid rockets that propelled men to the moon. This time, the destinations will be farther and the rocket even more powerful.

NASA unveils next rocket a hybrid shuttle to fly in 2017

Mark K. Matthews Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 11:01pm

WASHINGTON — NASA made official on Wednesday its next vision for space travel by unveiling plans for a massive rocket it hopes can blast astronauts to an asteroid by 2025 while laying the foundation for a future trip to Mars.

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This framegrab image from NASA-TV shows the twin GRAIL satellites sitting on launch pad 37-A at the 15-minute hold mark atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket Thursday Sept. 8, 2011. NASA is sending the probes on a long, roundabout trip to the moon. The spacecraft will orbit the moon, chasing one another in circles so researchers can measure the gap and the gravity below. It will be the first lunar mission devoted to studying the insides of the moon. By measuring the entire gravity field of the moon, scientists hope to learn what the moon is made of all the way to its core. (AP Photo/NASA)

Wind delays NASA launch of twin moon spacecraft

Marcia Dunn The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 10:05am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — High wind forced NASA on Thursday to delay the launch of twin spacecraft destined for the moon, the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity.

NASA will try again Friday, despite another poor weather forecast: 60 percent no-go. Launch time is 8:33 a.m. The space agency has just two single-second launch windows every day.

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