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Business owners in a tiny desert town are 'excited but apprehensive' to see whether a $220 million bet on billionaire Richard Branson's spaceport will pay off
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, where Spaceport America launches from, has languished for years.…
Heather Schlitz
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Futuristic architecture, entertainment hubs and kinetic solar panels: This is what spaceports could look like if commercial space flights become a reality
Spaceport City's design is based around space travel, but also features a terrestrial transport net…
Grace Dean
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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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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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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…
Kate Duffy
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Europe's first commercial spaceport could be in Wales
Last year, the government launched the Space Innovation and Growth Strategy after in 2012 establish…
Joshua Barrie
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Google wants to test secret airborne technology at New Mexico's 'spaceport' and an Indian reservation
The filings represent the latest evidence of Google and parent-company Alphabet's expanding efforts…
Alexei Oreskovic,Biz Carson
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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…
Kate Duffy
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Space tourism just got another big boost, and this time it's in Texas
"Not only does this opportunity reinforce an already long-established connection with the aerospace…
Graham Rapier
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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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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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Founder of Facebook's secretive Aquila drone project leaves as internal emails reveal significant new direction
An email exchange in April 2017 indicated that Facebook was intending to build a hangar as recently…
Rob Price
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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…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk's Aerospace Startup Is Building A Spaceport In A Struggling Texas City
Musk's aerospace startup is doing what any growing and ambitious company would: currying favor with…
Armin Rosen
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This Spectacular Photo Shows A Frog Photobombing NASA's Recent Rocket Launch
The launchpad at the Wallops/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport has a "pool" for the high-volume water…
Dina Spector
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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 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…
Susie Neilson,Dave Mosher
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is set to launch the first orbital rocket from UK soil on Monday. Watch live as the rocket drops from a Boeing 747.
Virgin Orbit crew will proceed cautiously around the launch in case winds or lightning set in, its …
Kate Duffy
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ISRO's commercial arm bags orders to launch four foreign satellites as it looks to invest ₹10,000 crore over the next five years
State-run NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL), the commercial arm of the space department, bagged orders to l…
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SpaceX wants to buy a small Texas neighborhood. If residents say no, a nonprofit that supports the company wields a power to force them out.
"Maybe they're trying to figure out how much of it they can acquire, and then if it's a matter of j…