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ISRO's final developmental flight lifts off from Sriharikota spaceport

ISRO successfully launched its third and final developmental flight, SSLV-D3, carrying Earth Observ…

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A developer is planning a commercial spaceport near Las Vegas that includes a pilot school and STEM academy

Real estate developer Rob Lauer is planning a commercial spaceport near Las Vegas that includes a h…

Lauren Edmonds   


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A close Russian ally is messing with the legendary spaceport it leases to the Kremlin, seizing assets over an unpaid debt

The Baikonur base in Kazakhstan was the cradle of the Soviet space program — and is now the center …

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Spaceport locals say rocket launch by billionaire Richard Branson boosted their farming community and put the area on the map

Even though Virgin Orbit's rocket failed to reach orbit, residents believe the focus on Cornwall ha…

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Spaceport boss says it's challenging being a successful woman in the space industry as some people exclude her from conversations

Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall, said she didn't look like the average spaceport directo…

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Virgin Galactic plans to introduce 2 new spacecraft that are easier to maintain and turn around for daily flights

The space tourism company's new CEO told the Financial Times there will be two more tests this year…

Dominick Reuter   


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Virgin Galactic's first rocket-powered spaceflight test runs into a snag before reaching orbit

Billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic cut short the first rocket-powe…

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SpaceX is hiring a 'spaceport mixologist' to make cocktails at its Texas launch site

SpaceX is seeking a bartender who can make handcrafted cocktails from a themed menu, according to t…

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Virgin Galactic aims to fly its first human mission from Spaceport America in November, and NASA's sending some science experiments along for the ride

A successful test flight is crucial if the company wants to start serving its well-heeled customers…

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Elon Musk developing floating spaceports to take humans to Moon, Mars

San Francisco, June 18 (IANS) Elon Musk is building floating spaceports at least 35 kms from the co…

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SpaceX's launch of an experimental rocket ship set fire to about 100 acres of wildlife refuge in south Texas

Company founder Elon Musk hailed the test flight, which sent the rocket soaring to…

Dave Mosher   


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Virgin Galactic's postponing its first human test flight out of Spaceport America due to COVID-19 restrictions in New Mexico

Virgin Galactic's base is located at Spaceport America in New Mexico, where Gov. Michelle Lujan Gri…

Kate Duffy,Dave Mosher   


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Elon Musk: 'SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports' for its Starship rocket to reach the moon, Mars, and fly passengers around Earth

After SpaceX posted two jobs for offshore engineers, Musk confirmed the company is creating ocean p…

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How a few scrappy homeowners may stand between Elon Musk and his dream of a Mars spaceport in South Texas

In the distant future, that business may be too busy to keep Boca Chica habitable, at least in the …

Dave Mosher   


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Facebook's drones unit is conducting a mysterious test in the desert near New Mexico's 'spaceport'

In one the filings, FCL Tech refers obliquely to its tests as a "connectivity project," writing: "T…

Rob Price   


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SpaceX is staking its future on a spaceport in south Texas. The people who live inside it are just one of Elon Musk's problems.

From a business standpoint, the ramifications of a functional Starship would be sweeping and stagge…

Dave Mosher   


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LAST TOWN BEFORE MARS: SpaceX's most vocal holdouts in South Texas are selling their homes to Elon Musk's rocket company to make way for a Mars spaceport

"He ought to put one of these in his backyard himself within a mile and a half of his house and lau…

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