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NASA chooses SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver rover, astronaut base to the moon
By Josh Dinner published
NASA is planning to assign SpaceX and Blue Origin 'demonstration missions' for their Artemis Program lunar landers, with eyes to put a habitat on the moon by 2033.

Blue Origin targeting Nov. 22 for next space tourism launch
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin is targeting Friday (Nov. 28) for its NS-28 tourism mission, which will take "Space Gal" Emily Calandrelli and five other people to suborbital space.

Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin has announced the six crewmembers for NS-28, its next suborbital space tourism mission. Among them are 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli and two repeat customers.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.
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