This week Blue Origin's 29th New Shepard flight tested roughly two minutes of lunar gravity forces, simulating Earth gravity
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Blue Origin Preps New Glenn Rocket For Sunday Launch
Jeff Bozos challenge to SpaceX's Falcon-9 heavy lift rocket, the New Glenn rocket, to make inaugural launch on Sunday
FAA Grounds SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket After Landing Failure
SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded by the FAA, after this week's failed booster platform landing
SpaceX Starship Completes Third Test Flight, But Burns Up On Reentry
Elon Musk hails mostly successful test flight, saying Starship will make life 'multiplanetary' and will take humanity to Mars
Virgin Galactic Completes First Commercial Spaceflight
After lengthy pause, Sir Richard Branson venture Virgin Galactic finally delivers paying customers to edge of space
Virgin Galactic Spaceplane Lands Safely After Test Flight
Spaceplane from Virgin Galactic makes first return to edge of space in nearly two years, to restart Richard Branson's space tourism business
SpaceX Launches Space Station Crew In NASA Mission
SpaceX successfully launches a four man Crew Dragon into orbit after launch on Monday was called off at the last minute
SpaceX Test Fires Starship ‘Super Heavy’ Booster Rocket
Milestone test of one SpaceX Super Heavy booster rocket completed, ahead of debut orbital launch of Starship
NASA And DARPA To Develop Nuclear Rocket Engines For Mars
Partnership between NASA and DARPA seeks to develop nuclear thermal rocket engine for upcoming Mars missions
Artemis I Lunar Mission Concludes After Orion Splashdown
NASA's first trial run for returning humans to the moon concluded this weekend, after splashdown of uncrewed Orion capsule
AWS Runs Analytics Software On Satellite In Orbit
First of its kind for space industry sees Amazon Web Services successfully run software on a satellite in orbit
Crewed Boeing Starliner Spaceflight Set For April 2023 Launch
Two month delay to launch of first crewed mission aboard Boeing's Starliner, which seeks to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX
Debris From SpaceX Dragon Capsule Lands On Australian Farm
Chunks of space debris found on Australia mountain top farmland identified as remains of a four ton SpaceX Dragon capsule
Boeing Starliner Launches Successfully, On Route To International...
Boeing's crewless space taxi, CST-100 Starliner, one step closer to NASA certification, as it enters orbit carrying supplies for International Space Station
Boeing Starliner Test Flight Readied For Tonight
Third time the charm? Main rival to SpaceX's Dragon capsule, the embattled Boeing Starliner spacecraft, set for launch tonight
Virgin Galactic Reopens Space Tourism Ticket Sales
Got a spare $450,000? Sir Richard Branson's space venture restarts ticket sales to edge of space, after brief FAA grounding and tech upgrades
Boeing Delays Starliner Launch Until 2022
Glitch with vehicle's propulsion system discovered in August still to be resolved, and crucial uncrewed test flight delayed until next year
Star Trek’s William Shatner Becomes Oldest Person In Space
The original Captain Kirk (aka William Shatner) returns to planet earth after brief journey to space aboard Blue Origin rocket
First All-Civilian Crew Launch To Orbit On SpaceX Rocket
The door to outer space continues to be nudged wider, as first all-civilian crew circle the Earth aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule
FAA Grounds Virgin Galactic Pending Flight Deviation Report
US Federal Aviation Administration grounds Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo amidst probe into shallower-than-expected flight path of July rocket trip into space
Blue Origin Successfully Completes First Test Flight, After Jeff Bezos...
Blue Origin test flight successfully reuses the New Shepard rocket that carried Jeff Bezos and others to space last month
Virgin Galactic Prices Spaceflight Tickets at $450,000 Per Seat
Does that include an inflight meal? Single seat on Sir Richard's Virgin Galactic spacefight priced at an eyewatering $450,000
Boeing Postpones Starliner Launch Over Glitch
Test launch on Tuesday of Boeing's uncrewed Starliner astronaut capsule to the ISS has been postponed, after a glitch was detected
Jeff Bezos Offers NASA $2 Billion For Lunar Contract
Tempting offer? Jeff Bezos offers to cover costs of up to $2 billion, if NASA awards Blue Origin a contract for moon landing spacecraft
Jeff Bezos Completes Blue Origin Spaceflight
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos briefly lost his title as the richest man on earth, after he blasted off into outer space today
Sir Richard Branson Wins Battle Of Billionaire Space Race
Sir Richard beats Bezos into outer space. But Blue Origin mocks Virgin Galactic and points out that Sir Richard didn't cross Kármán line
Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic To Beat Jeff Bezos To Space
Beating Bezos. Surprise from Virgin Galactic that its first spaceflight will carry Richard Branson to space before Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos Selects 82-Year-Old Woman To Join Spaceflight
A 82 year-old woman who trained for NASA's Mercury program in the 1960s chosen by Jeff Bezos for a seat on inaugural spaceflight
Virgin Galactic Receives US Approval For Space Travel
Richard Branson's spaceship venture Virgin Galactic approved by US FAA to fly people to space after successful test flight
Passenger Bids $28 Million To Join Jeff Bezos On Blue Origin Debut
Blue Origin announces winner of live auction to join Jeff Bezos and his brother on debut spaceflight next month