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Ground Control to Captain Kirk: William Shatner set to become the oldest person in Space on next Blue Origin flight

The rumors are true: Captain Kirk is going to space. William Shatner, the 90-year-old Star Trek alum, will join a civilian flight on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin on October 12. The actor will become the oldest person to fly into outer space. Shatner will board the New Shepard rocket with Blue Origin's VP of mission and flight operations, Audrey Powers, as well as Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries, for […]

todayOctober 11, 2021

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Jeff Bezos for files more lawsuits against SpaceX, and Elon Musk isn’t happy

Elon Musk has criticized fellow centibillionaire and space cowboy Jeff Bezos for filing lawsuits against the former’s aerospace company SpaceX. Earlier this month, Bezos’ space firm Blue Origin sued NASA after it lost a critical government contract to put astronauts on the Moon to SpaceX, which resulted in a delay of SpaceX’s own work on the project. But now, Bezos has upped the ante, and Amazon has urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to […]

todayAugust 31, 2021

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Jeff Bezos launches Blue Origin’s first human flight into Space

Nine days after billionaire Richard Branson made history by becoming the first person to launch himself into space on his own Virgin Galactic plane, fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos did the same on a rocket from his company Blue Origin. "Best day ever," Bezos said from the autonomous capsule after it landed. The 57-year-old Amazon founder stepped into the "New Shepard" rocket in West Texas on Tuesday, July 20th - a […]

todayJuly 21, 2021

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Richard Branson makes successful first Virgin Galactic flight to Edge of Space and back and offers a chance for YOU to go along for a Ride

Billionaire entrepreneur and adventurer Richard Branson's dream of space travel was realized and celestial tourism took a leap forward Sunday as Virgin Galactic's rocket ship reached the edge of space during a historic flight from Spaceport America. Branson and his crew experienced about four minutes of weightlessness before their space plane smoothly glided to a runway landing. The entire trip, delayed 90 minutes because of bad weather the previous night, […]

todayJuly 12, 2021

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82 year-old Mercury 13 legend Wally Funk will ride with Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin’s first crewed mission

Wally Funk, one of the “Mercury 13” pilots who fought to open NASA’s early astronaut program to women, will ride with Jeff Bezos on his space company’s first crewed mission out of Earth’s atmosphere later this month, the billionaire announced on Instagram Thursday. jeffbezos No one has waited longer. In 1961, Wally Funk was at the top of her class as part of the “Mercury 13” Woman in Space Program. […]

todayJuly 5, 2021

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NASA has picked Elon Musk’s SPACEX to build the Lunar Lander for its Artemis Moon mission

NASA picked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to receive $2.9 billion to build a lunar lander as part of the Artemis mission to send humans to the Moon by 2024, the agency announced on Friday. It’s a major vote of confidence in SpaceX from NASA — as no other company received money. The contract between NASA and SpaceX is expected to be signed on May 1. Four astronauts will launch on NASA’s […]

todayApril 20, 2021

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