Blue Origin plans an all-female space flight—but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional
For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will enter orbit with ...
Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles
Four space tourists are back on Earth after orbiting over the north and south poles. Their SpaceX capsule splashed down in ...
Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit amid growing fears Putin is planning to deploy nukes in space in star wars arms race with the West
The United States Space Force catalogued a new object in orbit this week that officials believe may have separated from ...
Olivia Munn criticizes all-female Blue Origin space crew: ‘What’s the point?’
Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez are headed to space this month as part of Blue Origin’s first all-female crew ...
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‘Star Wars’ holds clues to making speedier spacecraft in the real world
A spacecraft traveling at one-tenth of the speed of light could shave the trip down to a quick 40 years. Future engineers could use nuclear power to achieve that, says Scott Bailey, an engineer at ...
Minister gives go-ahead to Luton airport expansion despite advice to reject plan
Luton was the UK’s fifth busiest airport last year, with 16.9 million passengers travelling on 132,000 flights.
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NASA's daredevil solar spacecraft survives 2nd close flyby of our sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed is 2nd ultra-close flyby of the sun, and survived to transmit its data back to Earth.
The first people to fly in space over the poles got this stunning view
But from 260 miles above in space, he saw no trace of humanity — just desolation: a seemingly endless view of pure white ice.
Introducing the Stars of Blue Origin’s All-Female Flight
The women making history on Blue Origin’s first all-female flight—Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Amanda ...
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'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they'd ride on Boeing's Starliner again, despite the issues the ...
The space race heats up: all the news on the latest rocket launches
Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...
Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams willing to fly on Boeing's Starliner capsule again
Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams were stranded on the International Space Station when their Boeing Starliner capsule ...