Richard Branson heading for space on Virgin Galactic’s rocket plane
After nearly two decades of overly optimistic forecasts, technical challenges, a tragic setback and a determined recovery, Richard Branson, the… Read More »
What Virgin Galactic’s historic flight means for the future of tourists in space
More than 46,000 feet above the stark New Mexico desert, a white and silver space plane rocketed toward the edge… Read More »
SpaceX cargo capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
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Northrop to build homes on moon orbit under $935 mln NASA contract
Northrop Grumman Corp won a NASA contract worth $935 million to develop living quarters for the U.S. space agency’s planned… Read More »
U.S. FAA begins use of system to reduce impact of launches on airspace
The Federal Aviation Administration has started to use a new tool intended to better integrate commercial launches and reentries into… Read More »
China picks up the launch pace with three space missions in four days
China appears to be returning to its pre-pandemic pace of launching back-to-back space missions. Various Chinese sources indicate the country… Read More »
Bezos, Branson and Musk: Who is winning the space tourism race?
Three billionaire entrepreneurs – Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson – are each vying to usher in a new… Read More »
Satellite imagery company Planet Labs is going public, backed by Google, BlackRock and Marc Benioff
Satellite imagery and data specialist Planet Labs is preparing to go public, announcing on Wednesday that it will merge with… Read More »
Richard Branson believes the space market has room for 20 companies launching tourists
Sir Richard Branson may be trying to be first in the billionaire space race, but he believes there is plenty… Read More »
Branson will make space trip on July 11, beating Jeff Bezos
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson will travel to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc’s test flight on July… Read More »
Wally Funk, 82, to join Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin space flight
An 82-year-old woman who has spent six decades trying to reach space will join Jeff Bezos on the first human… Read More »
OneWeb lays path to commercial broadband services
OneWeb, the London-headquartered tech company trying to develop a global internet service delivered from space, reached a key milestone on… Read More »
Virgin Orbit to double launch rate next year, CEO says: ‘We can turn any airport into a spaceport’
Sir Richard Branson’s private space venture Virgin Orbit launched its second successful satellite mission this year on Wednesday, with CEO… Read More »
Musk touts Starlink progress as cost and demand hurdles remain
Don Joyce, a Nokia Corp manager working from home at a remote lake cottage in Canada, recently abandoned his painfully… Read More »
Branson’s Virgin Galactic cleared for takeoff as space tourism race heats up
Billionaire Richard Branson’s spaceship company Virgin Galactic said on Friday it received approval from the U.S. aviation safety regulator to… Read More »
U.S. government prepares to issue landmark report on UFOs
The US government, once openly dismissive of UFO sightings that for decades sparked the popular imagination, is poised to issue… Read More »
Bezos’ 2021 Space Odyssey a risk too far for insurers
Launching one of the richest individuals on earth into orbit has proved a leap too far for insurers, who are… Read More »
NASA to air Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter departure from Space Station
Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station Tuesday, June 29, more than four months… Read More »
Chinese astronauts board space station module in first crewed mission since 2016
Three Chinese astronauts flew to an unfinished space station in China’s first crewed mission since 2016 Thursday, expanding the country’s… Read More »
Shenzhou-12 delivers first crew to China’s new space station
China has launched three astronauts into orbit to begin occupation of the country’s new space station. The three men –… Read More »
First view of Nasa’s Space Launch System ‘megarocket’
Nasa has assembled the first of its powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rockets, which will carry humans to the Moon… Read More »
Bidder pays $28m for space trip with Amazon’s Bezos
A mystery bidder has paid $28m (£20m) for a seat on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s first crewed spaceflight by the… Read More »
Could humans have contaminated Mars with life?
Humanity has sent around 30 spacecraft and landers to the Red Planet since the space age began. Now, we know… Read More »
Jeff Bezos and brother to fly to space in Blue Origin flight
The Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said he will fly to space with his brother on the first human flight… Read More »
Virgin Galactic to fly researcher to space for conducting experiments
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s spaceship company, Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE.N), said on Thursday it will fly researcher Kellie Gerardi to… Read More »
Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft docks with China’s space station module
China’s cargo spacecraft, carrying supplies, equipment and propellant, docked with the space station’s key module Tianhe on Sunday, the official… Read More »