Tag: Blue origin
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Star Trek’s William Shatner Finally Reaches The Final Frontier in Blue Origin Spaceship
Reality caught up with science fiction today when Star Trek actor William Shatner, a.k.a. Captain James T. Kirk, briefly crossed into outer space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship.In the process, the 90-year-old Shatner took the ti…
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Virgin Galactic’s Space Flights Grounded Amid Investigation
Virgin Galactic can’t operate its space flights until the Federal Aviation Administration completes an investigation into the rocket-powered trip that took its co-founder Richard Branson into space. “Virgin Galactic may not return the SpaceShipTwo ve…
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Column: Five Reasons Why Space Matters (Hint: It’s Not Tourism)
Last night, Rocket Lab made a big comeback from its failed launch last May. The Long Beach startup’s Electron rocket launched a satellite for the U.S. Space Force, bringing their total to 105. This capped a busy month for space, with Richard Branson …
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Jeff Bezos Says That He’s Excited, but Not Nervous, on the Eve of His Suborbital Spaceflight
AN HORN, Texas — It’s T-minus 1 day for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ suborbital spaceflight, and he feels fine. On Tuesday, the world’s richest individual is due to take a ride on the New Shepard spaceship built by his Blue Origin space venture. “…
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Bezos, Branson and the Billionaire Space Race: What to Watch When Amazon’s Founder Blasts Off
Sir Richard Branson added new fuel to the billionaire space race July 11 when he and his Virgin Galactic crewmates floated in suborbital space.”To all you kids down there, I was once a child with a dream, looking up to the stars,” Branson said before …