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Blue Origin's New Shepard spaceship on pad

Blue Origin counts down to high-altitude escape test of New Shepard spaceship

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, says it’ll push its New Shepard suborbital spaceship “to… Read More

$200,000 for a trip to space? Blue Origin says price hasn’t been seriously discussed

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin, is playing down reports that a suborbital space trip on its New… Read More

Virgin Galactic signs onto a deal to bring spaceflights to future spaceport in Italy

Virgin Galactic and a pair of Italian companies today signed a framework agreement aimed at bringing Virgin Galactic’s launch system… Read More

Why SpaceX and Boeing can sell spots on commercial space taxis to private travelers

RENTON, Wash. — When NASA’s Phil McAlister worked out the contracts with SpaceX and Boeing to ferry astronauts to and from… Read More

Axiom Space offers space station vacations starting in 2020, for $55 million

How much would you pay for a 10-day stay in low Earth orbit? Houston-based Axiom Space has set a $55… Read More

How can you drink Champagne in zero-G? Winemaker builds a bottle to find out

Will future spacefliers be able to drink a bit of celebratory bubbly in zero gravity? Leave it to a French… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo fires up rocket for another step toward spaceflight

Virgin Galactic sent its VSS Unity space plane skyward for a second supersonic rocket-powered test flight today, bringing the company… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture sends its New Shepard spaceship to new heights

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture notched another record today when it sent its New Shepard suborbital spaceship… Read More

Orion Span says it’ll put space hotel in orbit by 2022, but some details are up in the air

A startup called Orion Span says it’s planning to open a luxury hotel in orbit in 2022, but a lot… Read More

Get a dummy’s-eye view of a suborbital ride on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship

What will people experience when they rocket to the edge of space on the New Shepard suborbital spaceship that’s currently… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo plane glides through a ‘dry run’ for blastoff

Virgin Galactic said its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane today executed a successful gliding flight test that was “essentially a dry run… Read More

XCOR Aerospace lays off all employees, throwing rocket projects into limbo

After more than a year’s worth of workforce shrinkage, XCOR Aerospace has laid off the remainder of its employees –… Read More

Virgin Galactic’s new SpaceShipTwo space plane flexes its wings in flight for first time

Virgin Galactic passed another essential milestone today in the flight test program for VSS Unity, its upgraded SpaceShipTwo rocket plane,… Read More

Alan Boyle in Blue Origin New Shepard seat

Video: Here’s what it’s like to sit inside Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The seats in Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship are like a dentist’s chair that’s fully extended, with a big… Read More

Jeff Bezos provides a sneak peek at Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship (and suits)

While Blue Origin’s scorch-scarred New Shepard spaceship continues its nationwide tour, billionaire founder Jeff Bezos is giving fans an updated… Read More

Star-studded cast watches Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo glide through test flight

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane glided through its third free-flying test run today, and although it hasn’t yet lit up… Read More

Here’s what it’ll be like to ride on Jeff Bezos’ suborbital Blue Origin spaceship

The folks who ride New Shepard, the suborbital spaceship being tested by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, will be… Read More

World View stratospheric flight company settles into Spaceport Tucson, just in time

Arizona-based World View Enterprises is settling into its new offices at Spaceport Tucson and gearing up for what could be a high-flying… Read More

Virgin Galactic sneaks in just one more SpaceShipTwo glide test to cap off 2016

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo craft, VSS Unity, took its second free-flying test run today, closing off a rebuilding year for the… Read More

Japanese heavy-hitters invest lightly in PD Aerospace’s space tourism effort

PD Aerospace, a Japanese company that’s similar to Virgin Galactic in its commercial spaceflight aspirations, has picked up two high-profile… Read More

Virgin Galactic receives FAA license to fly SpaceShipTwo – and it’s taxiing on runway

Virgin Galactic says it’s received an operator license from the Federal Aviation Administration for flying its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane into outer… Read More

Jeff Bezos plans to live-stream Blue Origin’s next suborbital spaceflight

For his next trick, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos plans to have his Blue Origin space venture send its New Shepard rocket… Read More

VSS Unity: Virgin Galactic christens a reborn SpaceShipTwo, with assist from Stephen Hawking

MOJAVE, Calif. – Sixteen months after Virgin Galactic’s first SpaceShipTwo rocket plane was lost amid tragedy, the second SpaceShipTwo was christened… Read More

Ride a balloon to space? $15M deal gives a lift to World View spaceport in Tucson

World View Enterprises’ plan to send tourists from Spaceport Tucson into the stratosphere in a balloon-borne capsule won a $15… Read More

Wow! Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sends New Shepard rocket ship to space – and gets it back safely

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, successfully sent its New Shepard rocket ship to outer… Read More