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Is Private Spaceflight Safe? What Virgin Galactic's Fatal Crash Means Virgin Galactic's fatal SpaceShipTwo accident doesn't spell doom for space tourism, though the company will face safety questions ahead.   Virgin Galactic Spaceship's 'Feathering' Descent System Eyed in Deadly Crash Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo broke apart just after its feathering re-entry system deployed early during a test flight Friday (Oct. 31), investigators say. Read More     'Interstellar' Teams with XCOR Aerospace for Free Space Trip Contest Buying a ticket to see the upcoming sci-fi epic Interstellar; could score you a seat aboard a real spaceship. Hacker Monthly -- How Airplanes Fly - Sponsored Content Hacker Monthly is a print magazine version of Hacker News, a social news website wildly popular among programmers and startup founders.   Additional Space.com Headlines Largest Sunspot in 24 Years Wows Scientists, But Also Mystifies The biggest sunspot observed in 24 years is rotating out of view now, but it could be back again in two weeks. Read More Comet Emits Cosmic Stench, Rosetta Spacecraft Reveals What does a comet smell like? A pungent cocktail of rotten eggs, horse pee and formaldehyde, apparently. Read More Ebola Outbreak May Hold Lessons for Handling Samples from Mars Spaceflight experts explain what officials can learn about handling aliens from the current Ebola crisis. Read More     First Hasselblad Camera Flown in Space Up for Auction The first Hasselblad camera ever flown in space is up for sale in a Boston auction. How the camera made space history on NASA's Mercury missions. Surprise! Methane Ice Cloud Floats High Above Saturn's Moon Titan In a celestial surprise, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has identified clouds of methane ice high in the stratosphere of Saturn's huge moon Titan. Hurricane Vance Captured By Space Station's Earth View Cam | Video Cameras aboard the International Space Station captured the sprawling, chalk-white body of Hurricane Vance, which is gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean, and heading toward Mexico's west coast.   You are receiving this email because You've received this message because you've registered or accepted our invitation to receive email from SPACE.com To unsubscribe, click here Copyright � 2014 Purch.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 150 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011 2425 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, UT 84003