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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to launch AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird smartphone satellites

By Andrew Jones published

AST SpaceMobile, a startup with plans for a direct-to-cellphone satellite service constellation, has chosen Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to launch some of its next-gen satellites.

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Blue Origin stacks huge New Glenn rocket ahead of 1st launch (photo)

By Brett Tingley published

Blue Origin showed off its New Glenn rocket after its two stages were mated in the company's Florida facility. The new rocket could take off on its maiden flight as soon as November.

Private Spaceflight
China and the U.S. both have big plans for the Moon, but there are a number of reasons why no country could actually claim ownership of any land there.

The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface

By Jacco van Loon published

In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade.

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European Space Agency reserve astronaut John McFall takes part in a parabolic flight on April 6, 2023 sponsored by the agency and Novespace, in Bordeaux, France. McFall is the first reserve astronaut with a disability.

Recruiting the world’s first disabled astronaut doesn't mean space travel is inclusive – here’s how to change that

By Sean Cullen, Ezgi Merdin Uygur, Vanja Garaj published

How can space agencies and “space tourism” companies make spaceflight more inclusive for disabled astronauts?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Blue Origin donates New Shepard rocket and crew capsule to Smithsonian

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos once pledged that if his company's first rocket to reach space and land vertically back on Earth survived, he would put it in a museum. He has made good on his word.

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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.

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Blue Origin fires up 2nd stage of huge New Glenn rocket ahead of debut launch (video)

By Andrew Jones published

Blue Origin carried out a hotfire test for its New Glenn rocket second stage on Monday (Sept. 23) as the company moves toward the huge vehicle's debut flight.

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