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NASA picks astronauts for commercial space mission

Meet the four astronauts going on the first commercial mission to space.

Compressed air comes to fore as method of storing wind, solar energy

Billionaires Branson, Allen seek Earth orbit

Paul Allen and Richard Branson are focusing on breakthrough spaceflight closer to home: cheap cargo trips to Earth orbit.

SpaceX rocket fight heads to Congress

The fight over lucrative contracts to launch national security satellites between SpaceX and the ULA has grown even more contentious.

World's first trillionaire tipped within 20 years

Space cool again as private-funding haul heads to $10b

Entrepreneurs are expanding the boundaries of rocket and satellite technology as the US makes room for private enterprise.

Tesla boss warns of artificial intelligence 'demon'

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, warns about artificial intelligence, saying it could be more threatening than nuclear weapons.

40-year-old engines in rocket blast

The unmanned Antares rocket that blew up in a spectacular fireball in the United States during a launch to the International Space Station was using two 40-year-old Soviet-made rocket engines of the same type as one that exploded during tests in May.

Why aren't there more women in space?

'One giant leap for mankind', proclaimed Neil Armstrong from the moon's surface. Did that just underscore the status of women's future in space?