Billionaire Blastoff: Rich riding own rockets into space
Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space.
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Jeff Bezos will blast into space on rocket's 1st crew flight
Outdoing his fellow billionaires in daredevilry, Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month when his Blue Origin company makes its first flight with a crew.
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Jun 7, 2021
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TikToker in space: Virgin Galactic to send up well-known researcher
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Thursday it will send researcher Kellie Gerardi, a well-known figure on TikTok, into space to conduct experiments for several minutes while weightless.
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Jun 4, 2021
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Russia to send film crew, Japanese billionaire to space
Russia said Thursday it would send an actress and a director into space to make the first feature film in the cosmos and also deliver an eccentric Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station.
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May 13, 2021
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60 years since 1st American in space: Tourists lining up
Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps.
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May 5, 2021
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SpaceX flight to ISS postponed by one day due to weather
A crewed SpaceX mission to the International Space Station has been postponed by a day due to weather concerns downrange of the launch site, NASA said Wednesday.
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Apr 21, 2021
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Astronauts flying reused SpaceX rocket, capsule for 1st time
For the first time, NASA is putting its trust in a recycled SpaceX rocket and capsule for a crew.
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Apr 20, 2021
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NASA chooses SpaceX to take humans back to Moon
NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency said Friday, in a huge victory for Elon Musk's company.
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Apr 16, 2021
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SpaceX, NASA give 'go' for astronaut launch, 3rd for Dragon
SpaceX is gearing up for its third astronaut launch in under a year, after getting the green light from NASA a week ahead of next Thursday's planned flight.
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Apr 16, 2021
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SpaceX's next crew arrives in Florida for Earth Day launch
SpaceX's most international crew of astronauts yet arrived at their launch site Friday.
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Apr 16, 2021
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