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Virgin Galactic reaches space for the first time during its 4th powered flight from Mojave, Calif. The aircraft called VSS Unity reached an altitude of 271,268 feet reaching the lower altitudes of space. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman)

Virgin Galactic Reaches Space, Moves One Step Closer to Space Tourism

by Christian Davenport The Washington PostDecember 16, 2018

Mojave, Calif. — Virgin Galactic launched a spacecraft more than 50 miles high on Thursday, reaching the Federal Aviation Administration’s definition of space and capturing a long-elusive goal for the company founded by Richard Branson that one day…

Paul Allen's Stratolaunch airplane emerges from its hangar in Mojave, California on May 31, 2017. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of Stratolaunch Systems Corp.

Paul Allen Spent Years Building the World’s Biggest Airplane. He’ll Never See it Fly

by Christian Davenport The Washington PostOctober 20, 2018

Astronauts, from left to right, Victor Glover, Robert Behnken, Michael Hopkins, Douglas Hurley, Eric Boe, Sunita Williams, Christopher Ferguson, Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann are introduced at a NASA event to announce them as astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, in Houston. The astronauts will ride the first commercial capsules into orbit next year and return human launches to the U.S. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

NASA to Relaunch Human Space Flight

by Christian Davenport The Washington PostAugust 3, 2018

A Space X Falcon9 rocket is readied for launch Friday, February 17, 2017 on launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch scheduled for Saturday to the International Space Station will be the first launch from the historic re-fitted launch pad since Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer)
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SpaceX to Launch From Fla. for First Time

by Christian Davenport The Washington PostFebruary 18, 2017

New Super Lens Eyes Space Junk

by Christian Davenport The Washington PostOctober 18, 2016

Film Shot From International Space Station Inspires Awe of Earth

by Christian Davenport Washington PostApril 29, 2016