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The Space Travel Editorial Team produces Space Travel's coverage of human spaceflight and access to space. We report on launch, crewed missions and space tourism, and the propulsion, vehicles and human factors of getting people to space. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Space Travel takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Bill Gates Eyes Flight To Space

Moscow (AFP) April 11, 2007 - The world's richest man, Bill Gates, is considering a flight into space, a Russian cosmonaut said from the International Space Station Wednesday, citing Gates' colleague and space tourist Charles Simonyi.

Apr 11, 2007

NASA Extends Contract With Russian Federal Space Agency

Houston TX (SPX) Apr 10, 2007 - Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2007 NASA has signed a $719 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with Russia's Federal Space Agency in Moscow for crew and cargo services through 2011.

Apr 10, 2007

NASA to launch Shuttle Atlantis as early as June

Washington (AFP) April 10, 2007 - The US space agency said Tuesday it could launch the space shuttle Atlantis as early as June 8, after its takeoff was delayed last month following hail damage to the orbiter's external fuel tank.

Apr 10, 2007

The Facts On US Commercial Human Space Flight

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2007 - The United States' space program has three sectors: civilian, military, and commercial. The commercial sector was created in 1984 with the passage of the Commercial Space Launch Act.

Apr 9, 2007

Arianespace To Launch Australian Satellite Optus D3

Evry, France (SPX) Apr 09, 2007 - Australian telecom operator Optus has chosen Arianespace to orbit its D3 satellite. Optus D3 will be orbited by an Ariane launcher or a Soyuz launcher in 2009 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Apr 9, 2007

Gordon, Miller, Nelson Move Toward Hearings On NASA IG Investigation

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2007 - One day after calling for the removal of Robert Cobb as inspector general (IG) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), U.S. House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN), Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Brad Miller (D-NC), and U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics and Related Matters Chairman Bill Nelson (D-FL), again joined forces to make clear to all federal agencies involved that they could expect further Congressional action on the matter.

Apr 9, 2007

Latest Space Tourist Docks At Space Station For Week Long Holiday

Moscow (AFP) April 09, 2007 - A rocket bearing the world's fifth space tourist, US-Hungarian Charles Simonyi, and two Russian cosmonauts docked at the International Space Station (ISS) at 1910 GMT on Monday, the Russian space centre said. The vessel docked as planned, a space centre spokesman told AFP by telephone from Koroliev, near Moscow.

Apr 9, 2007

Fifth Space Tourist Soars Toward Space Station Holiday In Space

Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Apr 08, 2007 - A Soyuz TMA-10 space capsule bearing billionaire Microsoft pioneer Charles Simonyi soared toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, making him the world's fifth space tourist.

Apr 8, 2007

Martha Stewart Gives Space-Bound Beau A Wild Send-Off

Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Apr 07, 2007 - Billionaire Microsoft pioneer Charles Simonyi got an ecstatic farewell from US homemaking queen Martha Stewart as he prepared to rocket to the stars on Saturday, becoming the world's fifth space tourist.

Apr 7, 2007

Arianespace To Launch Two Intelsat Payloads

Evry, France (SPX) Apr 05, 2007 - Arianespace has announced that it will launch the Horizons-2 spacecraft for Horizons Satellite (a joint venture between Intelsat and JSAT), and Intelsat-11 for Intelsat.

Apr 5, 2007

NASA Image Fusion Will Help Doctors Examine Astronauts’ Hearts In Space

Salinas CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2007 - Practicing medicine on trips to the moon will be harder than on Earth, because spaceships will be far away, and few doctors will be aboard.

Apr 5, 2007

Aurora Space Exploration Program Could See Take Off In May

Paris, France (SPX) Apr 05, 2007 - Scientists working with the European Science Foundation (ESF) are putting the finishing touches to an ambitious programme of research for the exploration of the Moon and Mars. They expect to publish their proposals in May.

Apr 5, 2007

Progress On The Sea Launch Investigation And Recovery

Long Beach CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2007 - Sea Launch reports significant progress in the investigation into the cause of the unsuccessful launch on January 30 and repairs to the Odyssey Launch Platform.

Apr 4, 2007

The Race From Space

Houston TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2007 - 210 miles above Earth, Expedition 14 crew member Sunita Williams will attempt to do something no other astronaut has ever done. She will run the Boston Marathon while in orbit.

Apr 4, 2007

Call For Removal Of NASA Inspector General

Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2007 - Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) today released a letter to the President calling for the removal of Robert Cobb as inspector general of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Apr 4, 2007

Expedition 15 Crew To Launch From Baikonur

Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 04, 2007 - Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and cosmonaut Oleg Kotov of the 15th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at about 1:30 p.m. EDT on April 7 to begin a six-month stay in space.

Apr 4, 2007