Space: Final frontier for investors?

Source: MarketWatch

Want to see how this story relates to your portfolio? Just add items to create a portfolio now: LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Now that a privately built capsule has completed its historic hook-up with the International Space ...
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SpaceX ushers new era for private space flights

Source: Inquirer

WASHINGTON—SpaceX on Friday became the first commercial outfit to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), heralding the start of a new era for private space flight. The berthing marked the climax of the Californi ...
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Kenya: Three Held in Naivasha Over Sh1 Million Ivory

Source: AllAfrica.com

Police in Naivasha are holding three men who were arrested in possession of two elephant tusks worth close to Sh1 million. The three were arrested by Kenya Wildlife Service rangers in Kinangop, Nyandarua county, after a tip-off by the ...
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Mangroves - a Vanishing Resource (1)

Source: AllAfrica.com

ANYONE who has flown low over Nigeria's coastline, or plied the creeks and rivers of the Niger Delta in a boat, must surely have been struck by ubiquitous stilted-root trees, with slim trunks and evergreen crests, thickly lining the waterways. T ...
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SpaceX capsule docks at International Space Station

Source: Bangor Daily News

LOS ANGELES — About 250 miles above northwest Australia, a cargo-carrying space capsule linked up with the International Space Station, marking the first time a privately built and operated vehicle has ever docked at the orbiting outpost. Astrona ...
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Private Space Run Makes History

Source: Wall Street Journal

The aerospace industry reached a milestone Friday, when Space Exploration Technologies Corp. became the first private company to dock a spacecraft with the International Space Station, some 240 miles above Earth. Astronauts have captured SpaceX's Drago ...
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SpaceX Dragon Successfully Docks with the ISS

Source: TechEBlog

After almost three years of delays in the mission, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon ship, on May 22 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. A previously scheduled attempt on May 19 was called off with a half-second left in the c ...
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NASA Working With Private Sector

Source: Wall Street Journal

The article "NASA Stresses New Mission" (U.S. News, May 18) sets up a false choice among the objectives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's commercial space transportation strategy. The reality is that NASA ...
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Boeing closing in on manned spacecraft

Source: Wichita Business Journal

The Boeing CST-100 space vehicle is shown preparing to dock with the International Space Station in this conceptual rendering. “The review, conducted with Boeing management along with independent Boeing and National Aero ...
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