A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft stand ready to launch the Polaris Dawn commercial astronaut mission from Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC) on Aug. 27, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now By WIll
The Long March-5B rocket at the Wenchang launch site in China From Reuters, Published by India Today, 17 May 2024 The announcement comes just days after Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin announced that its New Shepard Rocket, which flies cargo and humans on short trips to the edge of space, would
The first mission of the Polaris program, Polaris Dawn, will include the first spacewalk on a commercial mission. Credit: Polaris Program By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 14 April 2024 Things are slowly falling into place for the Polaris Program‘s first mission, Polaris Dawn. The mission is nearing milestones that might
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 12 April 2024 A Spanish balloon company plans to begin flying paying space tourists in 2026 LONDON — Stratospheric balloon company HALO Space plans to offer aspiring space travelers the space tourism equivalent of glamping. Instead of tight space suits and stomach-churning G-forces typically
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity underneath its carrier plane during a free flight over New Mexico on April 26, 2023. (Image credit: Virgin Galactic) By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 25 March 2024 The aerospace company is accusing Virgin Galactic of unlawfully using Boeing's proprietary information for a mothership design. There’s
An artist's impression of Spaceship Neptune. By Chris Young, Published by Interesting Engineering, 18 March 2024 Space Perspective won’t quite carry passengers to space, but they will be able to fine dine while watching the sunrise over Earth’s curvature. Private companies SpaceVIP and Space Perspective have teamed up to provide a luxury
By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 23 February 2024 An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar south pole. Watch: There were celebrations at the Texas company Intuitive
By Kit Roberts, Published by Unilad, 6 January 2024 A rocket will be launched into space carrying the remains of a number of famous people. The expedition aims to create a 'permanent memorial' in space, with some of the remains being dropped on the Moon while the rest are taken
