Blue Origin swipes at Virgin Galactic ahead of historic flight
Blue Origin took shots at competitor Virgin Galactic on Twitter Friday night, comparing offerings to customers using a recent Aerospace Research Central study.
Tropical Storm Elsa delays SpaceX Dragon undocking from International Space Station
The planned undocking of SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station has been delayed due to Tropical Storm Elsa.
Elon Musk takes aim at ULA, says parent company Lockheed 'darkened the skies with lobbyists'
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is continuing his criticism of the United Launch Association for accepting government money.
Jeff Bezos picks female aerospace pioneer, 82, to launch into space with him
Jeff Bezoses, Amazon CEO and founder of aerospace company Blue Origin, has selected an 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer to travel to space with him on July 20.
Virgin Orbit releases rocket from Boeing 747 in mid-air to send satellites to space
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit successfully used its unique mid-air launch system to send commercial satellites into orbit for the first time on Wednesday morning.
After delayed SpaceX launch, Musk says reform needed for humanity to 'become a spacefaring civilization'
SpaceX was seconds away from sending dozens of satellites into orbit aboard its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday when the launch was called off because an airplane entered its safety zone.
GAO urges NASA to step up cybersecurity efforts
NASA's Office of the Inspector General warned in a May report that "attempts to steal critical information are increasing in both complexity and severity," with phishing attempts against NASA doubling and malware attacks increasing "exponentially" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bidding for Blue Origin's first passenger flight notches $3.2M
The aerospace company kicked off the three-phase online auction in early May, offering one seat on the first flight of its New Shepard spacecraft which has already had over a dozen successful flights to and from space, according to Blue Origin.
Oreo offers free cookies to aliens
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Hawley, Sanders decry $10B 'bailout' to Jeff Bezos tucked into bill to rebuff China
Sens. Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders are speaking out against a $10 billion corporate “bailout” to Blue Origin, a space flight company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.
Phantom Space startup announces world's first 100% US-based satellite supply chain after acquiring StratSpace
The race is on to democratize the rocket-launch industry, and Phantom Space Corp., a roughly two-year-old startup, continued its warp-speed flight toward that goal Tuesday, announcing the acquisition of StratSpace, a major U.S. aerospace firm.
Virgin Galactic reveals new flight date after setback
Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic announced Thursday morning that the next rocket-powered test flight of SpaceShipTwo "Unity" is targeted for Saturday.
ULA sucessfully launches first Atlas V rocket of 2021
The rocket is carrying the Department of Defense's fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO) missile warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center.
NASA successfully launches rocket meant to study energy transport in space
NASA's KiNet-X mission is designed to study how energy and momentum are transported between different regions of space that are magnetically connected.
Space Force officer lost leadership post after denouncing critical race theory, Marxism
A Space Force commander was reportedly relieved from his post for making comments denouncing Marxist ideology in the military.
Bezos, Musk had ‘friendly’ meetings about space before Blue Origin, SpaceX ‘budding rivalry’: new book
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk had “friendly” meetings discussing space exploration before a rivalry formed.
'Elon’ would lead humans on Mars, legendary rocket scientist Wernher von Braun predicted in 1953 book
Dr. Wernher von Braun, the German rocket scientist who went from developing Nazi weapons to helping get NASA off the ground for the U.S., wrote a novel in the years after World War II speculating about life on Mars – and how human society there would be led by “Elon.”
Virgin Orbit plans first commercial launch for June, will put 6 satellites into orbit
Virgin Orbit, the sister company of Virgin Galactic, is gearing up for its next space launch in June when it will put six satellites in orbit.
60th anniversary of first American in space: Bezos, Musk, Branson are new liftoff leaders
Sixty years to the day that NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space aboard the Freedom 7 rocket, U.S. business leaders are continuing to help the country make major strides in space exploration.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sets date for first astronaut crew liftoff
Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin on Wednesday announced the date that it will fly its first crew of astronauts into space.


















