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Year-Ender 2023: A Look at the Top 11 Space Moments of 2023
1 year ago

Year-Ender 2023: A Look at the Top 11 Space Moments of 2023

Live Mint  

From private space attempts to countries notching new triumphs, 2023 saw a host of moments to remember from the space sector this year. October 4 — NASA’s first asteroid sample lands on Earth After seven years of long wait, the US space agency NASA's first asteroid sample landed on Earth, in the desert in the western state of Utah after …

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space
3 years, 5 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space

India TV News  

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has gotten government approval to launch people into space, himself included. It will be the first launch with passengers for Blue Origin, which like Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic plans to start flying paying customers in the months ahead. On Sunday, Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder Richard Branson rode his own rocket plane to space, accompanied by five …

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Space is for all humanity: 'Astronaut' Richard Branson
3 years, 5 months ago

Space is for all humanity: 'Astronaut' Richard Branson

India TV News  

With the historic flight to the edge of space on Sunday, astronaut Richard Branson has opened the doors for all humans to visit space. Branson on Sunday touched the edge of space with three employees, including one of Indian-origin, and landed safely back to Earth, onboard his company Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity. "With today's successful flight of VSS Unity, I'm …

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Billionaire Richard Branson reaches Space in his own ship; India-born Sirisha Bandla part of crew
3 years, 5 months ago

Billionaire Richard Branson reaches Space in his own ship; India-born Sirisha Bandla part of crew

India TV News  

Swashbuckling entrepreneur Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, beating out fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos. It’s a great moment.” Virgin Galactic conducted three previous test flights into space with crews of just two or three. Branson’s other chief rival in the space-tourism race among the world’s richest men, SpaceX’s Elon Musk, came to New Mexico …

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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ready for space launch
3 years, 6 months ago

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ready for space launch

Live Mint  

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - British billionaire Richard Branson was due on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and soar more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert in the vehicle's first fully crewed test flight to the edge of space. This image provided by Virgin Galactic shows, from left, Chief Pilot Dave Mackay, Lead Operations …

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Billionaire Blastoff: Rich riding own rockets into space
3 years, 6 months ago

Billionaire Blastoff: Rich riding own rockets into space

India TV News  

Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space. The lucrative, high-stakes chase for space tourists will unfold on the fringes of space — 55 miles to 66 miles up, pitting Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson against the world’s richest man, Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos. But some at Blue Origin already are nitpicking …

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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson announces trip to space, ahead of Jeff Bezos
3 years, 6 months ago

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson announces trip to space, ahead of Jeff Bezos

India TV News  

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. The news came just hours after Bezos’ Blue Origin said Bezos would be accompanied into space on July 20 by a female aerospace pioneer who’s waited 60 years to rocket away. Amazon’s founder will be on Blue Origin’s debut launch with people on …

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Jeff Bezos Is Headed To Space. Richard Branson Decided To Beat Him There
3 years, 6 months ago

Jeff Bezos Is Headed To Space. Richard Branson Decided To Beat Him There

NPR  

Jeff Bezos Is Headed To Space. Richard Branson Decided To Beat Him There Enlarge this image toggle caption Richard Drew/AP Richard Drew/AP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. The news came just hours after Bezos' Blue Origin said Bezos would be accompanied into space on …

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Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space (For A Few Minutes)
3 years, 7 months ago

Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space (For A Few Minutes)

NPR  

Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Bezos has already selected a hobby for his post-CEO life: space travel. Sponsor Message Blue Origin's rocket is called New Shepard, and it's reusable – the idea being that reusing rockets will lower the cost of going to …

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Virgin Galactic tourism rocket ship reaches space in test
6 years ago

Virgin Galactic tourism rocket ship reaches space in test

India TV News  

Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary of space. Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson said there will be more test flights and if all goes well he will take a ride before the public gets its chance. Virgin Galactic’s development …

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'An Indescribable Feeling': Virgin Galactic Makes Historic Trip To Edge Of Space
6 years ago

'An Indescribable Feeling': Virgin Galactic Makes Historic Trip To Edge Of Space

NPR  

'An Indescribable Feeling': Virgin Galactic Makes Historic Trip To Edge Of Space Enlarge this image toggle caption Gene Blevins/AFP/Getty Images Gene Blevins/AFP/Getty Images Virgin Galactic says it has reached a rather lofty milestone. toggle caption Gene Blevins/AFP/Getty Images The space tourism company's feat marks the first successful manned space flight launched on U.S. soil since NASA retired its space shuttle …

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Virgin Galactic aims to reach space soon with tourism rocket
6 years ago

Virgin Galactic aims to reach space soon with tourism rocket

India TV News  

MOJAVE, Calif. — Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is gearing up to finally send its tourism rocket ship to the edge of space. The next test flight could come as early as Thursday with two pilots taking Virgin Space Ship Unity high above California's Mojave Desert. Virgin Galactic's development of its spaceship took far longer than expected and endured a setback …

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