Private space flights

haukuto - R loaded on SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher. PR photo, SpaceX

The private Japanese lander Hakuto – R was launched to the moon

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ISPACE was a competitor of SPACEIL in the Lunar X Prize competition and now they will try to do what Genesis 1 failed to do - to be the first private company to land on the moon
The astronauts are training for the launch of the first manned spacecraft in a decade, Crew Dragon. Photo: SpaceX

SpaceX and NASA announce: first manned launch in a decade from the USA - on May 27

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Building a base on Mars using a XNUMXD printer. Figure: (Les Bossinas, NASA Lewis Research Center)

"We could have been on Mars a long time ago"

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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, unveils the Dragon V2 spacecraft, SpaceX's next-generation spacecraft designed to carry astronauts into space (Photo SpaceX).

Elon Musk introduced the first civilian manned spacecraft: SpaceX's Dragon V2

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Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft is docked at the space station with crew members on board. Illustration: Boeing

Boeing's first spacecraft will take off in 2017 on a test flight to the International Space Station

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Landing test, SPACESHIPTWO, October 2010. Photo: PR, Virgin Galactic

NBC will broadcast Virgin Galactic's maiden flight live, with Richard Branson and his family in attendance

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NASA has begun the process of licensing and preparing standards for three companies that develop spacecraft to fly crews to the space station

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The launch of the private Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket, both made by SpaceX, on June 22, 2012. Photo: from NASA TV

The first private cargo spacecraft was launched to the International Space Station

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