10 news & feature articles results for "payload spaceshipone"

Paul Allen's galactic baby flies briefly toward outer space as it begins the first phase of a historic endeavor.

Posted by Jim Hu

With Richard Branson poised to go galactic, the days of right-stuff heroics could be long gone.
Photo gallery: SpaceShipOne's historic flight

Posted by Jim Hu

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Sputnik's launch, we take a look back--and forward--to see how space exploration is evolving.

The maiden voyage of SpaceX's Falcon 1 will include the ashes of 125 people for an orbital burial.
Photos: The SpaceX rocket

Posted by Jim Hu

Paul Allen was first. Amazon's Jeff Bezos is in the wings. Why do tech luminaries want off Earth?

Posted by Jim Hu

Hackers waste little time in exploiting a flaw in the way Microsoft software handles graphics files.

Posted by Steven Musil

Panelists at a conference in Pasadena, Calif., question whether there's a need to put another man on the moon.

Posted by Stefanie Olsen

The space race taking shape in the private sector today is due in large part to boyhood dreams of astronauts.

Posted by CNET Staff

Almost 50 years after the space agency was founded, is it still worth spending $17.6 billion in taxpayer money a year to keep it going?

Posted by CNET Staff

Best known for creating two of the world's most ground-breaking video games, John Carmack is quietly breaking ground in another new field: commercial rocketry.

Posted by Stefanie Olsen