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Giant leap in race to replace space shuttle? Dream Chaser gets big boost.

Sierra Nevada Corp., which is designing a mini space shuttle called the Dream Chaser, announced that it's joining forces with Lockheed Martin – heavy-hitter in aerospace.

Virgin Galactic spaceship cleared for test flights

SpaceX launch: private industry inspires new generation of rocketeers (+video)

How the ultra-rich plan to conquer space (+video)

Can Paul Allen launch rockets into space from a plane?

Microsoft billionaire launches new space venture

Stratolaunch plane could make space tourism affordable

Humongous plane to serve as flying launch pad for space tourists

In Pictures Richard Branson's big adventures

Virgin Galatic 'spaceliner' passes another glide test

Virgin Galactic glides closer to $200,000-a-seat space shots

Virgin Galactic spaceship test glide could happen this fall

Six private enterprises that could launch humans into orbit

A private space industry is born

From the back of a bike to the moon