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Watch Blue Origin launch 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli, 5 others on tourism flight today
By Josh Dinner last updated
Blue Origin's next space tourism mission is launching Nov. 22, with 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli. Watch live on Space.com.
Blue Origin crew, including history's 100th woman to fly to space, lands safely
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
"The Space Gal" has become the 100th woman to fly into space. Emily Calandrelli lifted off as one of the six passengers aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket today (Nov. 22).
Flight suit worn on 1st all-private astronaut mission to ISS debuts on display
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
When Michael Lopez-Alegria commanded the first privately funded crewed mission to visit the International Space Station, he traded his NASA "blues" for a "Deep Space" and "Mesosphere" flight suit.
Blue Origin space tourist launches: Live mission updates
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Blue Origin's next space tourist mission hasn't yet been announced yet. Here are live updates of what we know.
NASA begins stacking SLS rocket for Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The solid rocket boosters are coming together.
SpaceX's Starship will fly Lunar Outpost's rover to the moon
By Mike Wall published
Lunar Outpost has picked SpaceX's Starship vehicle to launch its new moon rover and land the wheeled vehicle on the moon.
On this day in space! Nov. 22, 1989: Space Shuttle Discovery launches classified military satellite on STS-33
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Nov. 22, 1989, the space shuttle Discovery launched on a classified mission: STS-33.
Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving
By Robert Lea published
The asteroid 2024 PT5 will leave Earth on Nov. 25 after visiting, but new analysis shows this temporary "second moon" may come from our original moon and, thus, from Earth itself.
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