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Companies to get off ground in private space race

International corporations vie to build the next generation of capsules that will ferry people and material to space. One of them could hold up to seven people – and not all of them will necessarily...

Colliding satellites create wasteland in space

Old satellites and pieces of shuttles are floating in the space around Earth. Is space debris dangerous? What can we do about it? Experts are discussing solutions at a conference in Germany. At the 6th...