02 July 2021
Branson plans space trip ahead of rival Bezos
... it to space before Bezos, who proclaimed in early June that he and his brother would be part of the first crewed flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle on 20 July. Bezos made announcements of his own yesterday when...
18 September 2020
NASA chiefs hint that Artemis will land at Apollo site, not lunar poles
... land on the Moon in 2024; Artemis II is the first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System and is targeted for launch ...Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Artemis II is the first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System and is targeted for launch...
10 March 2021
Russia and China agree to build joint international lunar base
... of the 2020s, Russia is feeling the strain of diminishing rocket contracts after Roscosmos lost its monopoly for crewed flights to the International Space Station (ISS) last year. After nearly a decade of relying on Soyuz seats to get its...
13 April 2020
Russia to cut launch rates after price war with SpaceX
... Station; seats that reportedly cost $70 million each. That is set to change when SpaceX’s Crew Dragon takes to the skies with its first crewed flight, known as Demo 2, which is planned for launch in May 2020. The company’s first...
02 May 2019
Blue Origin's 11th test flight ends in success
...After reaching a peak altitude of 105.6 kilometers, the crew capsule separated from the propulsion module before landing later with...not any human hitchhikers on this launch, but the first crewed flights of the vehicle could come as early as this year,...
01 October 2021
FAA investigating Blue Origin safety procedures after open letter from ex-employees
... authors write. The damning essay comes less than two weeks before the next Blue Origin crewed flight. Scheduled for launch on 12 October, New Shepard is expected to loft Chris Boshuizen, co-founder of Planet, and Glen de Vries...
