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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ISS Expedition 22 crew members take a moment for photographs following a fit check of their Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at the launch site’s integration facility in December 2009.

As the private space industry emerges, what’s next for the International Space Station?

Technology

The International Space Station is coming up on 20 years since it was first launched. But what does its future hold in six more years?

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ISS Expedition 22 crew members take a moment for photographs following a fit check of their Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at the launch site’s integration facility in December 2009.

With private space competition on full boil, the ISS looks to find its place in next chapter of space habitation

Technology
Sheriffs' deputies look at wreckage from the crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo near Cantil, California November 2, 2014. A suborbital passenger spaceship being developed by Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company crashed during a test flight on Fr

As businesses enter the space race, the need to make a buck leaves questions about safety

Business

SpaceX rocket launch marks the beginning of the private era in space

Environment

Russian company to launch hotel in space by 2016

Environment

US Tycoon Asks for a Couple Willing to go to Mars and Back

Lifestyle & Belief

Dennis Tito, multi-millionare turned space pioneer, wants to send two people to Mars and back. We hear about the challenges such a couple would face from Bill and Laurel Cooper, who spent 35 years sailing the world together.

Video: Russian Company Plans to Thrill With Space Hotel

Business, Economics and Jobs

A Russian company says it will create an orbital hotel within five years and send space tourists to Mars by 2030.

The World

First launch of commercial space craft deemed success

Arts, Culture & Media

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip2 made its first successful launch and landing over the weekend. We talk with Jim Meigs, editor-in-chief of Popular Mechanics, about the launch and what it means for the space tourism industry.