Spaceports
Spaceports are facilities used to launch, and in some cases land, spacecraft. Spaceports are similar to airports and seaports but have some unique features and requirements. They have to be...
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Launch Facilities
In years past, ships about to sail gathered in port to be fitted and take on their crew and provisions for voyages of exploration or commerce. Today's space-ports have facilit...
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A rocket carrying satellites for the Air Force and NASA is set to blast off Monday from the Virginia shore in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport.The site is one of...
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The official outcome of a vote on a tax to pay for a tourism spaceport in southern New Mexico probably won't be known until Friday, but supporters of the project were already claiming victory.Resid...
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Voters in a southern New Mexico county have approved a tax to raise an estimated $49 million toward a $198 million tourism spaceport, according to unofficial returns Thursday.Residents of Dona Ana ...
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A rocket carrying two experimental satellites into orbit blasted off Saturday in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, blazing a streak across the sky just before su...
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A rocket carrying two experimental satellites into orbit blasted off Saturday in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, blazing a streak across the sky just before su...
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Officials at the company that funded the failed launch of the 20-foot SpaceLoft XL rocket said Tuesday that they had located the rocket in remote terrain, but that recovering it could be time-...
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New Mexico officials have set the ground work to lease part of its commercial spaceport to Virgin Galactic as a base for its space tourism company. British entrepreneur Richard Branson and the stat...
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Residents of a southern New Mexico county were divided Tuesday on a tax that would help pay for a commercial spaceport that could one day turn the area into a hub for space tourism.With all precinc...
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Barring last-minute problems, the Mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport industry will get off the ground early Saturday.For the second time this week, NASA and the Air Force planned to attempt...
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Spaceports
Spaceport to launch first satellites
