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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…
PTI
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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 …
Tom Porter
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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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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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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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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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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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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…
Kate Duffy
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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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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…
Dave Mosher
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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…
Dave Mosher
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LAST TOWN BEFORE MARS: A senior executive at SpaceX is going door-to-door in South Texas to convince people to move out of the rocket company's planned Mars spaceport
On September 12, the company sent every homeowner in the hamlet a buyout offer letter via the real-…