Paul Allen's galactic baby flies briefly toward outer space as it begins the first phase of a historic endeavor.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to build a space facility in the western Texas desert to create a suborbital spaceship.
It's not a jet pack. It's a personal helicopter, and it may come to stores next year. Photos: Up, up and away
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The maiden voyage of SpaceX's Falcon 1 will include the ashes of 125 people for an orbital burial. Photos: The SpaceX rocket
Panelists at a conference in Pasadena, Calif., question whether there's a need to put another man on the moon.
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Companies are lining up to provide space vacations or out-of-this-world taxi services. Video: SpaceX aims for the skies
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Space Adventures teams up with Prodea to develop a fleet of suborbital, reusable spacecraft for tourism.
Paul Allen was first. Amazon's Jeff Bezos is in the wings. Why do tech luminaries want off Earth?
The space race taking shape in the private sector today is due in large part to boyhood dreams of astronauts.
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The search giant, known for supporting science projects, backs a private robotic race to the moon.Photos: Touting the Google Lunar X Prize