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In this May 31, 2017 photo provided by Stratolaunch Systems Corp., the newly built Stratolaunch aircraft is moved out of its hangar for the first time in Mojave, Calif. The aircraft will undergo ground tests in preparation for flights in which the aircraft will launch rockets from high altitude. (Stratolaunch Systems Corp. via AP)

Enormous Stratolaunch aircraft rolled out for first time

By JOHN ANTCZAK - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, file photo provided by NASA, the Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, explodes moments after launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Orbital Sciences says it will likely stop using the type of engines that were employed when its unmanned Antares commercial supply rocket moments after liftoff last week. (AP Photo/NASA, Joel Kowsky, File)

Orbital Sciences to end use of Soviet engines after rocket crash

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Billionaire Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson salutes the bravery of test pilots, and vows to find out what caused the crash of his prototype space tourism rocket that killed one crew member and injured another during a news conference in Mojave, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo blew apart about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Mojave airfield after being released from a carrier aircraft Friday. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Tech execs running the commercial space race

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

The Cygnus cargo ship held 5,000 pounds of experiments and equipment. One-third of the capsule's contents involved research, including experiments by schoolchildren. (Eastern Shore News via Associated Press)

Rocket contracted by NASA explodes after Virginia launch

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by NASA, the Cygnus supply ship is released from the International Space Station, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Cygnus is filled with garbage and will burn up when it plunges through the atmosphere Wednesday. Orbital Sciences Corp. launched the capsule last month from Virginia under a $1.9 billion contract with NASA. The Cygnus delivered 3,000 pounds of goods, including belated Christmas gifts for the six-man crew and hundreds of ants for a student experiment. (AP Photo/NASA)

Supply ship departs space station after 5 weeks

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

NASA satellite rocket launch fails, lands in ocean

By JESSICA GRESKO and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press