Homemade space capsule undergoes tests
A Danish non-profit organization launched its homemade space capsule Sunday in a key test of the craft's safety systems.Full story
Vintage Soviet Space Capsule Sold for Record $2.9 Million
NEW YORK - A vintage Vostok space capsule is headed back to its homeland with its new Russian owner, who bought the relic of the early days of human spaceflight for nearly $2.9 million during Sotheby's auction Tuesday (April 12). It is believed to be the most anyone has ever paid for a space artifac Full story
1961 Soviet space capsule sells for $2.9 million
A 1961 Soviet space capsule that carried a cosmonaut mannequin and a live dog into space was sold at Sotheby's on Tuesday for $2.9 million, a spokesman for the auction house said. Full story
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Adventurers pay big bucks for space tour
Several travel agencies are now selling seats aboard a space capsule that will take tourists to the stars for $200,000. WTVJ's Jeff Burnside reports.
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A space suit is placed on the ground after the landing of the Russian Soyuz space capsule, seen in the background, some 150 km southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan May 14, 2013. The first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan
