Rocket Launches Pose Threat to Climate, Study Reveals
Rocket launches are taking a larger toll on the climate like no other, a study, published in the journal Earth’s Future, has concluded. The study was led by researchers from…
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Blue Origin Delays Next Space Launch, Pete Davidson Won’t Join Flight
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space tourism service has postponed until March 29 a flight initially set for next week, while Saturday Night Live comic Pete Davidson will not be a…
Why Starship is the holy grail for SpaceX
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that the “holy grail” to making human life multiplanetary lies in our ability to make a completely reusable rocket system that can carry…
World Economic Forum Report Lists Out Threats to Global Economy
Cybersecurity and space are emerging risks to the global economy, adding to existing challenges posed by climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, the World Economic Forum said…
Watch: Blue Origin Safely Completes Third Crewed Space Flight
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company blasted its third private crew into space on Saturday and brought it back safely, this time including the daughter of the first American…
Entrepreneur Who Flew Into Space With William Shatner Dies in Plane Crash
US businessman Glen de Vries, who flew into space with “Star Trek” actor William Shatner on last month’s Blue Origin flight, has died in a plane crash, police…
Virgin Galactic Has Sold 100 More Space Tickets
Virgin Galactic has sold around 100 tickets since flying its founder Richard Branson to space last summer, with commercial services expected to begin by the end of 2022, the…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Announces Plans for Private Space Station
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on Monday announced it wants to launch a space station that will house up to 10 people in the second half of the decade, as the race to commercialize…
Star Trek Icon William Shatner Becomes World’s Oldest Space Traveller
Having made a career out of playing an explorer of the cosmos, William Shatner – Captain James Kirk of Star Trek fame – did it for real on Wednesday, becoming at age…
Blue Origin Delays William Shatner’s Space Flight
Blue Origin announced Sunday it was delaying an upcoming flight set to carry actor William Shatner to space due to anticipated winds. Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk in…
You Cannot Sue Your Way to the Moon: Elon Musk Tells Jeff Bezos
It appears the long-running feud between Elon Musk and fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos has surpassed the lower Earth orbit and gone extra-terrestrial. After Bezos’s Blue…
Beam Me Up! William Shatner May Go to Space Aboard Blue Origin Rocket
William Shatner, 90, is reportedly going to become the oldest person to fly into space on board Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket. Shatner, who portrayed Captain James T. Kirk…
Apple Co-Founder Says His New Space Company Will Be ‘Unlike the Others’
Space appears to be the new frontier for tech entrepreneurs. After Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson, it’s time for Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to join the…
Elon Musk Takes a Dig at Jeff Bezos on Twitter: Find Out Why
The battle for domination of space by private firms is not new. The latest competition saw Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos tussle in the race to make commercial space tourism a…
NASA Halts SpaceX Work on Lunar Lander After Blue Origin Lawsuit
NASA agreed on Thursday to temporarily halt work on a $2.9 billion (roughly Rs. 21,587 crores) lunar lander contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX after rival billionaire…
Amazon Customers Cancelling Prime Membership After Bezos’ Space Trip
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos flew out to space and stayed in zero gravity for a few minutes last month. After landing back on Earth, he thanked all Amazon customers for funding it.…
Virgin Galactic Is Restarting Space Tickets from $450,000
After flying its founder Richard Branson to space, Virgin Galactic is restarting ticket sales beginning at $450,000 (roughly Rs. 3 crores), the company announced Thursday. The new…
Dutch Teen on Space Flight Told Jeff Bezos He Had Never Ordered From Amazon
The Dutch teenager who became the world’s youngest space traveller this week surprised billionaire Jeff Bezos on the flight by telling him he’d never ordered anything…
This Is What Jeff Bezos Said After Historic Trip To Space
Jeff Bezos created history on Tuesday when he successfully travelled to the edge of space and returned in the spacecraft developed by his company, Blue Origin. Over two decades…
Jeff Bezos Completes Space Flight, Does Back Flips in Zero Gravity
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, soared some 66.5 miles (107km) above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday…
Video: ‘Very Profound,’ Bezos Says of Spaceflight Experience
new video loaded: ‘Very Profound,’ Bezos Says of Spaceflight Experience transcript Back transcript ‘Very Profound,’ Bezos Says of Spaceflight Experience After a successful…
Jeff Bezos Set to Travel to Space Today: How to Watch Live
Jeff Bezos is all set to blast off aboard his aerospace company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle for a suborbital flight today (July 20). The space flight will…
‘Not Really Nervous’: Billionaire Bezos Girds for Inaugural Space Flight
American billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos said on Monday he is excited and curious but not very nervous on the eve of taking part in his company Blue Origin’s inaugural…
College Physics Student to Accompany Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin Spaceflight
An 18-year-old physics student whose father heads an investment management firm is set to take the place of a person who put up $28 million (roughly Rs. 210 crores) in an auction…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to Make History With Unpiloted Civilian Space Flight
Jeff Bezos may have been beaten to space by rival Richard Branson, but the billionaire American businessman is poised to make history next week aboard what would be the…
NASA Chief Commends Richard Branson’s Space Flight
NASA administrator Bill Nelson has lauded billionaire Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, who along with five other crew members soared to the edge of the space…
Jeff Bezos Space Flight: US Approves Blue Origin Licence for Carrying Humans
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. Former Amazon Chief…
Elon Musk Prefers Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Over Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are competing fiercely to outwit each other and capture the huge commercial space tourism market. And their fellow billionaire Elon Musk appears…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Takes Digs at Virgin Galactic on Twitter
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin shared a series of tweets comparing itself to Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, which took the latter billionaire to space on Sunday. Space is…
Virgin Galactic Takes Founder Richard Branson to Space
British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and safely returned in the…