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10 Major Players in the Private Sector Space Race
10 Major Players in the Private Sector Space Race
With the return of Atlantis on July 21, 2011, the space shuttle program officially ended. Never fear. We'll be heading back -- and soon -- if these 10 players from the private sector space race have anything to say about it. Read more »

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  • : Achievement 10: Explorer 1, the First U.S. Satellite (1958)
  • : Achievement Nine: Hubble Space Telescope, the Universe Unveiled (1990-present)
  • : Achievement Eight: Chandra X-ray Observatory, the High-energy Universe (1999- present)
  • : Achievement Seven: Pioneer 10, Flight to Jupiter (1972-1997)
  • : Achievement Six: Apollo 13, Brilliance at Mission Control (1970)
  • : Achievement Five: the Space Shuttle, a Reusable Spacecraft (1972-2011)
  • : Achievement Four: International Space Station, Living in Space (1998-present)
  • : Achievement Three: Mars Pathfinder, Robot on the Red Planet (1996-1997)
  • : Achievement Two: Freedom 7, the First American in Space (1961)
  • : Achievement One: Apollo 11, a Walk on the Moon (1969)
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