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01 Aug 2021, 14:48

Policy ignition: India's satellite navigation sector set for higher growth trajectory

India's satellite based navigation and augmentation services sector appears headed for a higher growth trajectory with the proposed ignition of ...

31 Jul 2021, 03:59

A government watchdog just rejected Jeff Bezos' protest of NASA awarding a lunar lander contract to SpaceX alone

The Government Accountability Office denied a protest from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin opposing NASA's lunar lander contract award to Elon Musk's SpaceX.

26 Jul 2021, 23:09

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered water vapor on Jupiter's ocean moon Ganymede for the first time

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

21 Jul 2021, 18:52

Jeff Bezos said Blue Origin has sold nearly $100 million worth of tickets for future tourist trips to space

Jeff Bezos, having returned from the edge of space Tuesday, said the demand for tickets on Blue Origin's ship was "very, very high."

21 Jul 2021, 02:32

Wally Funk may have finally achieved her lifelong goal of visiting space, but she still plans to take the Virgin Galactic trip she paid $200,000 for over a decade ago

Funk is one of 600 people - including Elon Musk - who reserved a seat on one of Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceflights.

20 Jul 2021, 23:59

Jeff Bezos wants to move 'all polluting industry' into space to keep Earth clean

The Amazon billionaire said in an interview with MSNBC that his Blue Origin sub-orbital spaceflight reinforced his intention to fight climate change.

20 Jul 2021, 22:08

Meet Oliver Daemen, the Dutch teenager who just flew on Jeff Bezos' spaceflight and became the youngest person ever to reach space

The Dutch teen joined Jeff Bezos, Bezos' brother Mark, and aviator Wally Funk aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft.

20 Jul 2021, 18:28

Watch SpaceX fire up one of the world's biggest rocket boosters, Super Heavy, for the first time ahead of Starship's planned orbital launch

Starship, SpaceX's mega-rocket system, is made of two parts - a ship and a Super Heavy booster, designed to heave the craft into orbit.

20 Jul 2021, 17:38

Jeff Bezos is about to take an 11-minute flight to the edge of space. Here's how his childhood obsession with the cosmos led to Blue Origin's unprecedented spaceflight.

While the spaceflight is an unusual experiment, it's not a very surprising one: Bezos has been passionate about space since childhood.

20 Jul 2021, 16:24

Elon Musk wishes long-time rival Jeff Bezos 'best of luck' for Blue Origin's flight to the edge of space

Jeff Bezos, owner of SpaceX rival Blue Origin, is set for an 11-minute flight on Tuesday on the New Shepard rocket.

19 Jul 2021, 20:52

Jeff Bezos said he's 'excited' to see how he's 'changed' by his journey to the edge of space

"People say they go into space and they come back changed," Bezos told the "TODAY" show's Hoda Kotb. "Astronauts always talk about that."

19 Jul 2021, 14:03

Will Jeff Bezos be an astronaut during his space flight? It's complicated, because experts say there's still a debate about where space begins.

Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will be an astronaut when he crosses the Kármán Line, but not everyone sees space the same way.

16 Jul 2021, 02:58

Ashton Kutcher says he was supposed to be on the next Virgin Galactic flight but that he sold his ticket back because 'it was not a smart family decision'

Kutcher said he hasn't given up the dream of a spaceflight completely: "At some point I will be going to space."

16 Jul 2021, 01:58

Blue Origin adds an 18-year-old passenger to Bezos' spaceflight after the anonymous bidder who paid $28 million for the ride had 'scheduling conflicts'

Oliver Daemen, 18, will fly onboard Blue Origin's spacecraft alongside Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, and 82-year-old aviator Wally Funk.

15 Jul 2021, 18:08

Elon Musk's SpaceX could be ordered to take down its huge Starship launch tower in Boca Chica, the FAA has warned

The FAA said it had yet to complete an environmental review of the Texas launch site, meaning SpaceX was "building the tower at its own risk."

12 Jul 2021, 17:51

Richard Branson and 3 crewmates flipped in zero-gravity and walked on the ceiling when Virgin Galactic's plane reached the edge of space - take a look

Richard Branson floated in zero gravity in Virgin Galactic's spacecraft.Virgin Galactic.

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11 Jul 2021, 16:23

Richard Branson says he will take an LGBTQ Pride flag with him on his journey to the edge of space

Sir Richard Branson is bringing the flag with him to commemorate the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, he told The Mail on Sunday.

07 Jul 2021, 00:00

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson says 'honestly, there isn't' any competition between him and Jeff Bezos on upcoming spaceflights

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson said during a "Today" show interview that he's not competing with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to get to space first.

01 Jul 2021, 20:54

Jeff Bezos reveals that the 4th passenger on his trip to space will be an 82-year-old aviator who was denied the opportunity to go to space because she was a woman

Wally Funk will join Bezos, his younger brother Mark, and a third passenger on their 11-minute trip to space on July 20.

30 Jun 2021, 19:42

Asteroids contain metals worth quintillions of dollars — but mining them won’t necessarily make your richer than Bezos or Musk

Asteroids aren’t just chunks of ice and rock, but storehouses of precious metals. The asteroid belt is estima...

30 Jun 2021, 04:07

SpaceX had to reschedule its rocket launch because a helicopter entered the 'keep out zone' with seconds to go - and Elon Musk isn't happy about it

Elon Musk tweeted that SpaceX could not launch its rocket because of the other aircraft, a rule that reflects a "broken" regulatory system.

21 Jun 2021, 14:07

Two astronauts at the international space station complete installing of first solar arrays to provide solar energy for its research

A Two astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have successfully completed the deployment of solar arrays, which will soak up the sun's energy to provide electrical power for the numerous research and science investigations conducted every day, as well as the continued operations of the orbiting platform.