Page 29 - Space
US watchdog rejects Blue Origin protest over NASA lunar contract
Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, said on Friday it remained convinced that there were "fundamental issues" with NASA's decision
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Chandrayaan-3 likely to be launched during third quarter of 2022: Centre
Union Minister of State in the Department of Space Dr Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday
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Jeff Bezos flies to edge of space on own rocket, says 'best day ever'
Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company's first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft.
Jeff Bezos, crew pull off Blue Origin's first spaceflight with people
The mission caps a landmark month for space-tourism ventures, following by nine days a trip to the heavens by UK billionaire Richard Branson on a special plane made by Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc
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Jeff Bezos, world's richest man, boards Blue Origin spacecraft in Texas
The American billionaire is due to fly on an 11-minute voyage to the edge of space
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Jeff Bezos, world's richest man, set for inaugural space voyage
VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) -Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, is set on Tuesday to blast off aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard https://graphics.reuters.com/SPACE-EXPLORATION/BLUEORIGIN/jbyprzzympe/blue-origin.jpg launch vehicle for a suborbital flight as part of a history-making crew - another milestone in ushering in a new era of private space travel.
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Space investors need more than Richard Branson's trip to boost ETFs
It's likely to be a busy year for space developments, as Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos prepares for a space trip next week in a Blue Origin rocket
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Bezos' Blue Origin gets approval to send him, three others to space
Bezos, 57, stepped down last week as Amazon's CEO.
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Elon Musk buys a $250K ticket to ride on Richard Branson's space flight
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has bought a $250,000 ticket to space from fellow billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic
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Richard Branson's space jaunt worth $841 million for Virgin Galactic
Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. jumped as much as 22% in premarket U.S. trading on Monday, just above an all-time peak reached in February.
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In first private spaceflight, Richard Branson flies to edge and back
Sunday's launch of the VSS Unity passenger rocket plane marked the company's 22nd test flight of its SpaceShipTwo system, and its fourth crewed mission beyond Earth's atmosphere.
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Branson's Virgin Galactic gets FAA approval to fly people to space
This comes following a successful test flight last month
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Xi speaks to astronauts in space station; says mission a 'milestone'
China successfully launched its longest crewed space mission to date on June 17
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The Cold War space odyssey
Bestselling author Stephen Walker has produced an utterly binge-worthy yet sobering history of spaceflight set against the biggest existential conflict of the 20th century
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China to launch manned mission with three astronauts for its space station
The station will rival the ageing International Space Station (ISS).
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NATO countries ready to collectively respond to attacks in space
Article 5 of NATO's founding treaty states that attack on any one of the 30 allies will be considered an attack on them all.
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Order in space
International agreement will boost India's space capabilities
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In space, on a joyride
In 2011, Space Adventures, a space tourism company that successfully sent seven clients to orbital journey, suggested the number of space tourists could reach 140 by 2020 but little changed since then
Blue Origin discloses $2 mn as current highest bid for seat on space flight
Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, disclosed $2 million as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepherd spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of its auction.
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Why Chinese rocket's crash should alert us to the problem of space junk
Navigating the celestial traffic jam caused by defunct rockets, satellites and their debris is both challenging and dangerous
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