And Richard Branson is planning to take tourists on jaunts into low-orbit space via Virgin Galactic.

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The shuttle did some extraordinary work in low-orbit experiments, the International Space Station, moving cargo.

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Nasa astronaut Stan Love knows first-hand the difficulties with technology that his colleagues have experienced on the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit.

BBC: Applicants wanted for a one-way ticket to Mars

Nasa's new Space Launch System (SLS) is a multi-billion-dollar venture to take humans beyond the International Space Station (ISS) and the confines of low-Earth orbit.

BBC: European tech could propel Nasa's Orion capsule

Reed warns that if space junk is not removed it could mean that low-earth orbit might eventually become unusable.

CNN: Space harpoon plan to nail orbital garbage

The modular tin cans that took us to the moon and back, and have kept us in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ever since, will eventually be superceded by full-scale space cities.

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