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Billionaire's Secretive Space Venture Reveals Rocket Plan

Blue Origin wants to fly under the radar all the way into space.

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Students Silence New Concordia President

A group of students stormed an event at Concordia University Tuesday, where the school's incoming president was to be introduced to the student body.

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05/29/12 Defining lunar etiquette: editorial Source: Cleveland.com It pays to think ahead, and planning is one of the things the National Aeronautics and Space Administration does best.
05/18/12 Several companies vying to fly to space station Source: The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News Several companies are working on rockets and spacecraft that could ferry supplies and astronauts to the International Space Station, now that the shuttle program is over.
05/17/12 Several companies vying to fly to space station Source: Product Design and Development Several companies are working on rockets and spacecraft that could ferry supplies and astronauts to the International Space Station, now that the shuttle program is over.
05/15/12 How Would You Like to Own a Mercury Space Capsule? Source: Airport Business RR Auction is pleased to announce its popular Space and Aviation Autograph and Artifact Auction, scheduled to take place from May 17th to May 23rd, 2012.
05/14/12 40 years ago: Astronaut Alan Shepard speaks at Baker... Source: Lawrence Journal-World & 6 News - Lawrence KS NASA astronaut Alan Shepard, looking "relaxed" and "boyish," spoke on the benefits of the U.S. space program at a Baker University convocation this week.

Background on alan shepard

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, and NASA astronaut who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, in space.

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