NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 Mission To Launch This Weekend
The flight will debut a new capsule, named Endurance, with improvements based on lessons learned.
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How Commercial Companies Are Advancing Space Exploration
There's competition among roughly a dozen private companies to launch new space stations.
South Korea Test Launches 1st Domestically Made Space Rocket
Live footage showed the 154-foot rocket soaring into the air with bright yellow flames shooting out of its engines following blastoff.
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China Launches 3 Astronauts On 6-Month Space Station Mission
China has sent three astronauts into orbit for a six month mission aboard its Tiangong space station.
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Blue Origin Has Successful Second Flight
Travelers onboard saw the Earth from 347,000 feet above its surface and ascended at a max speed of more than 2,200 miles per hour.
Actor William Shatner Blasts Into Space On Blue Origin Rocket
The "Star Trek" icon and three fellow passengers soared an estimated 66 miles over the West Texas desert.
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William Shatner Set To Fly On Blue Origin's Second Crewed Launch
William Shatner is preparing to become the oldest person in space aboard the second human flight for Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
William Shatner Space Launch Delayed
Weather around the launch pad in west Texas caused the delay.
SpaceX Launches Four Civilians On First Private Flight
SpaceX's first all-civilian mission to orbit, Inspiration4, launched into space Wednesday night.
FAA Bans Virgin Galactic Launches While Investigating Branson Trip
The FAA said the rocketship carrying Branson and five Virgin Galactic employees veered off course during its descent back to New Mexico on July 11.
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Boeing Delays Unmanned Starliner Spacecraft Test
The company said it's delaying the mission for two months.
Bezos Proves Autonomous Space Tourism, Teases More Flights
Jeff Bezos made history Tuesday with a launch from a remote pad in West Texas. It propelled him as a serious contender in getting tourists in space.
Blue Origin's Bezos Reaches Space on 1st Passenger Flight
Fewer than 600 people have reached the edge of space or beyond.
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2 Decades Later, Dennis Tito Reflects On Historic Spaceflight
Businessman Dennis Tito became the world's first space tourist in 2001, when he launched to the International Space Station on a Russian rocket.
The Space Tourism Market Is Rapidly Expanding
Up until this point, just one private spaceflight company has organized every space tourist mission over the past two decades.
Blue Origin Launching Crew To Space This Morning
Billionaire Jeff Bezos and three others will blast off into space on Blue Origin's first passenger-only flight.
Jeff Bezos Hours From Historic First In Space
The billionaire is about to blast off in a rocket from his company, Blue Origin.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Prepares For Inaugural Spaceflight
Bezos created Blue Origin in 2000.
18-Year-Old To Become Youngest Person In Space
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin will sends its "New Shepard" rocket on a mission to the edge of space.
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Completes Pioneering Flight
The fully crewed suborbital flight, aboard Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity, is a major win for Richard Branson's spaceline.
Virgin Galactic Set For First Fully Crewed Launch
Sunday’s launch will be Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed flight, and their second from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Chinese Crew Enters China's New Space Station
Chinese astronauts will conduct experiments and spacewalks for three months.
China Launches First Crew To New Space Station
State media says the spaceship docked successfully Thursday morning.
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How Would World Religions Respond To Extraterrestrial Life?
Theologians, philosophers and scientists have been having the faith vs. aliens conversation for centuries.
Blue Origin Space Flight Ticket Auctions For $28 Million
Blue Origin says that person will be publicly identified in a few weeks.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos Announces He'll Travel To Space
Blue Origin will fly its first passenger flight July 20. Billionaire Jeff Bezos plans to be on it.
U.S. UFO Report Can't Rule Out Alien Existence
The Director of National Intelligence has to deliver a highly-anticipated report on UFO sightings to lawmakers by June 25.
NASA Announces 2 Missions To Study Venus
NASA's new administrator, Bill Nelson, said the missions will help us learn more about Earth.
Pentagon To Release UFO Report
The government sanctioned report will give some information on unidentified flying objects.
China's Rover Sends Back Pictures Of Mars
China's spacecraft Zhurong joined the U.S. Perseverance rover, which touched down on Mars in February.
