Space travel

Crypto mogul flies to space aboard latest Blue Origin flight

Other celebrities have taken on the suborbital mission, including pop star Katy Perry and Bezos’ now-wife Lauren Sanchez

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has lifted off at 7.03 pm ET (2303 GMT) from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying four astronauts who will replace Wilmore and Williams.

Stuck Nasa astronauts one step closer to home after SpaceX crew-swap launch

The Crew-10 crew, which will stay on the station for roughly six months, includes Nasa astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov

Jeff Bezos, who started Amazon.com and is the world’s third-richest person, founded Blue Origin in 2000.

Bezos’ rocket firm bracing for job cuts after years of expansion

Blue Origin maintains an ambitious space portfolio that includes space tourism, a moon lander, space station and supplying rocket engines

Thirty storeys tall with a reusable first stage, New Glenn launched around 2 am ET (0700 GMT) from Blue Origin’s launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Bezos’ Blue Origin reaches orbit in first New Glenn launch, misses booster landing

BLUE Origin’s giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday (Jan 16) morning on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth’s orbit for Jeff Bezos’ space company as it ai...

For Toyota, the deal with Interstellar deal is one small step for many companies looking to take advantage of booming demand for spacecrafts able to carry satellites to orbit.

Toyota invests in Japanese rocket startup as SpaceX races ahead

Toyota commits seven billion yen to Interstellar Technologies

The spacecraft is expected to send detailed telemetry data about its status on Jan 1, Nasa says.

Nasa spacecraft ‘safe’ after closest-ever approach to Sun

NASA said on Friday (Dec 27) that its Parker Solar Probe was “safe” and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the Sun by any human-made object.

Blue Origin has struggled to bring its giant New Glenn rocket to market.

Bezos’ Blue Origin gets FAA license for its first New Glenn rocket launch

THE Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday (Dec 27) that it has issued a commercial space launch license for Blue Origin’s – Jeff Bezos’ rocket company – New Glenn launch.

Virgin Galactic was founded in 2004, sent its founder to space in 2021, and began full-fledged commercial operations two years later.

Virgin Galactic eyes possible expansion into Italy

US SPACE company Virgin Galactic announced on Thursday it is exploring the possibility of opening a new base in Italy, potentially bringing suborbital flights to tourists in Europe for the first time.

The round-trip mission is part of a step-by-step plan to land humans back on the moon at some point this decade.

Nasa delays first moon landing in more than 50 years to 2027

NASA is delaying its first moon landing in more than 50 years by several months to 2027, as engineers at the agency race to fix critical safety issues with the hardware and adjust plans needed for fut...

Boeing’s new chief executive officer Kelly Ortberg is assessing the company’s portfolio to raise cash, weed out under-performing units and rescue a company in crisis.

Boeing raises doubts about its future in the space business

BOEING is weighing options for its Starliner operations as part of a broad review, raising the potential it will end one of the most storied histories in American space exploration.