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Manned Space Flight


On a Mission to Mars

Former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz founded Ad Astra Rocket Company with a dream of the first manned flight to Mars.

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New NASA Policy Opens Up Space Market

With NASA's plans to privatize the launch of manned flights, companies -- including SpaceX -- are starting their engines.

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Recent Articles about Manned Space Flight

Space Tourism: You're Now Free to Float About the Cabin

The owner of Hurley Travel Experts explains why outer space is the next exclusive destination – and why she's one of a select few who can send you there.  Read more

Rutan-backed Flight Completes Global Voyage

March 8, 2005 -- Steve Fossett became the first solo pilot to complete a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world last week, cloc...  Read more

Entrepreneur of the Year

In the entrepreneurial achievement of 2004, Burt Rutan became the first private businessman to launch human beings into space. His ultimate goal: to make spa...  Read more

The Space Race is On

Inc. cover lad Richard Branson was in Manhattan this morning looking strikingly ...  Read more

Entrepreneur Launches Space Ship

June 22, 2004 -- The final frontier just got a lot closer thanks to an entrepreneur with a hankering for space travel. On Monday, ...  Read more

Innovation: The Ultimate Travel Accessory

Taking a trip to space? These are the gloves for you  Read more

The Wealthiest Entrepreneurs Splurge on Space Travel

Businessmen can't get enough of the International Space Station.  Read more

China's 3rd Manned Spaceflight

When I was a kid I watched men land on the moon. Like every kid I wanted to be an astronaut. Now China is getting in on the act. After a Read more

Images Helped NASA with Discovery Re-entry

August 8, 2005 --As the space shuttle Discovery prepared to re-enter the earth's orbit Tuesday morning at Edwards Air Force Base,...  Read more

Top 3 Priorities of the Best CFOs

Get the most out of your CFO: Encourage him or her to explore beyond the bean counting to identify profit growth opportunities for the business.  Read more

Legacy: James Benson, 1945-2008

A One-Man Space Program  Read more

Small Company Lands Work on Today's Launch

The space shuttle Discovery sits on launch pad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center, ready for its date with space, scheduled for 3:51 pm this aft...  Read more

New Leadership at Private Spaceflight Firm

Jan. 8, 2007 -- The Personal Spaceflight Federation, a Los Angeles-based company formed to promote commercial human spaceflight, announce...  Read more

Out of this World

With all of the hype about Discovery 's safe return, it seems like now would be an opportune time to look to outer space for business opportunitie...  Read more

America's Top Entrepreneurs Meet to Compare Notes

The men and women who run America's fastest growing companies recently gathered in Tucson to celebrate a lot (and commiserate a little).  Read more

Updates

Progress reports on some previous Inc. articles.  Read more

One Giant Leap For Mankind

40 years ago today, 600 million people worldwide were huddled around their black and white television sets sharing in one of humankind's most glorious acc...  Read more

Entrepreneurs We Love…Because They Inspire Us

Here's to the men and women who revitalize our cities, help us be good citizens, inspire us to try harder, and give respect to all people equally (even teena...  View slideshow

Who's Who In The Space-launch Biz

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration charges $20 million to $30 million to launch a satellite these days, but those prices will probably rise...  Read more

Entrepreneurs in Space

There's a lot of insanity in Forbes's new Read more

Space-Age Phone

New business manufactures dime-size microphone/receiver to replace the traditional phone handset.  Read more

Elon Musk Blasts Off

A big test for Elon Musk and SpaceX . Sometime today, SpaceX, the privately held rocket company started by Elon Musk, will Read more

Inc. 500 Conference: Day Two

Today's Inc. 500 theme: applause. What was everyone so enthusiastic about? It wasn't the weather...  Read more

Blast-off For Industrial Policy

PRESIDENT REAGAN IS FORCED INTO MAKING INDUSTRIAL POLICY FOR COMPETING GROUPS OF SPACE ENTREPRENEURS.  Read more

If You Can't Take The Heat, Try A Headband

It's a long way from the depths of space to a tennis court, but Larry Kuznetz has started a business that bridges those miles. Drawing on 15 years o...  Read more

Jury's Decision Could Affect Patent Rights

In a decision that could significantly affect the legal relationship between inventors and the companies they work for, a California jury recently awarded...  Read more

Time to fire up those breeder reactors.

Deep space probes beyond Jupiter can't use solar power because they're too far from the sun. So they rely on a certain type of plutonium, plutonium-238. I...  Read more

Proving that You Have the Right Stuff

A growth company in Topeka prepares to make its cosmic debut.  Read more

Private Lives;

A sampling of America's pacesetters shows that the CEOs are as diverse as the products and services they sell.  Read more

When Incubators Go Wrong

How an incubator helped doom a start-up. Valleywag has the disheartening story...  Read more

Second Founding

Turning an annual company party into a motivation-building bash.  Read more

Entrepreneurs We Love, 2010

All of these entrepreneurs are making our lives healthier, saner, richer, or just more fun.  Read more

Elon Musk Makes Orbit

Last night, SpaceX, a private rocket company based in Southern California, propelled a mass of aluminum to a speed of nearly 12,000 miles per hour, far ab...  Read more