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Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching space tourists in 2027
By Mike Wall published
Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching customers to suborbital space and back in 2027, for a price of about $210,000 per seat.
Mini '2001' monoliths fly into space on first flight of Blue Origin's 2nd crew ship
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A number of black slabs modeled after the monoliths in "2001: A Space Odyssey" have made the trip into space and back on the first flight of Blue Origin's second human-rated launch vehicle.
Blue Origin launches 2nd human-rated New Shepard rocket, nails landing (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
Blue Origin launched its second human-rated New Shepard vehicle on an uncrewed flight Wednesday morning (Oct. 23) and nailed the landing of both crew capsule and rocket.
Richard Branson will co-pilot Space Perspective's 1st crewed balloon flight to edge of Earth's atmosphere
By Mike Wall published
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will serve as co-pilot on tourism company Space Perspective's first crewed balloon flight, expected to occur in 2025.
US needs 'space rescue service' to help astronauts in distress, experts say
By Leonard David published
The lessons of Apollo, Skylab and the space shuttle appear to have been forgotten: The US needs a plan for how to deal with human spaceflight emergencies, experts say.
Lucky ticket to space: How a Tennessee cardiologist made it to the final frontier
By Anastasia Stepanova published
Eiman Jahangir narrowly missed out on being a NASA astronaut — twice. But he made it to space anyway, thanks to persistence and some luck.
Polaris Dawn: Everything you need to know about the 1st mission of the Polaris Program
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Reference Polaris Dawn was the first of three missions of the Polaris Program. The mission flew on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and was commanded by Jared Isaacman.
SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts splash down to end historic spacewalk mission (video)
By Mike Wall published
The four Polaris Dawn astronauts splashed down safely off the coast of Florida today (Sept. 15), bringing an end to their historic commercial mission.
SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will return to Earth early Sunday. Here's how to watch live online
By Josh Dinner published
After five days in space aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon, the crew of Polaris Dawn will return to Earth early TKday, and you can watch the landing live.
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