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China’s historic crewed mission arrives at new space station

October 15, 2021 10:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and Steven Jiang, CNN China’s three-person crew arrived at its new space station Saturday morning — a major step for the…

Shatner, crew blast to edge of space and then back to Earth

October 13, 2021 6:54 AM ABC News, Associated Press, CNN

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William Shatner is now the oldest person ever to go to space: ‘The most profound experience’

October 13, 2021 5:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Ninety-year-old William Shatner, who gained fame portraying Captain Kirk on the original “Star Trek,”…

William Shatner is now the oldest person ever to go to space: ‘The most profound experience’

October 13, 2021 5:08 AM CNN

CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Ninety-year-old William Shatner, who gained fame portraying Captain Kirk on the original…

Shatner, 90, inspires with real-life space trip from Van Horn

October 12, 2021 3:32 PM Associated Press

By CODY JACKSON and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — As William Shatner prepares to be beamed up at age 90 for his first…

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin announced Monday actor William Shatner

Captain Kirk’s Blue Origin space flight from Van Horn delayed

October 10, 2021 6:12 PM Associated Press

VAN HORN, Texas — Actor William Shatner’s first-ever flight into the final frontier will have to wait. The “Star Trek” star’s anticipated trip…

William Shatner will fly to space aboard Blue Origin rocket

October 4, 2021 7:28 AM Associated Press

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Captain Kirk is rocketing into space: “Star Trek” actor William Shatner plans to…

FAA closes probe, clears Virgin Galactic for more space flights

September 29, 2021 5:25 PM Associated Press

SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Virgin Galactic said Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared it to resume launches after an…

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Inspiration4 crew launches from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral

An alarm went off on SpaceX’s all-tourist space flight. The problem was the toilet

September 25, 2021 6:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business As Jared Isaacman and his three fellow crewmates were freeflying through Earth’s orbit, shielded from the…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with 88 satellites on board.

SpaceX just brought the first all-tourist crew back from space. Here’s what’s next

September 20, 2021 3:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Four people, all of whom just six months ago had no formal spaceflight training, strapped themselves into a SpaceX…

Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown

September 18, 2021 3:46 PM Associated Press

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A trailblazing tourist trip to orbit has ended safely with a splashdown in the…

WATCH: Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip

September 15, 2021 3:24 PM ABC News, Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — SpaceX’s first private flight streaked into orbit Wednesday evening with two contest winners, a health care worker and…

Russian cosmonauts head outside the space station for their second spacewalk in less than a week. Pictured is cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov performing a spacewalk.

The head of Russia’s space agency is jealous of US billionaires

September 9, 2021 4:24 PM CNN

CNN’s Kristin Fisher spoke to Dmitry Rogozin in his first interview with western media since becoming the head of Roscomos, Russia’s space agency.…

UTEP unveils partnership with U.S. Space Force

August 26, 2021 12:04 PM Wil Herren

EL PASO, Texas — UTEP, UT Austin and the U.S. Space Force on Thursday began a partnership that officials say will help the U.S. maintain its…

Blue Origin completed its first test flight with no passengers Thursday morning.

Blue Origin successfully completes 1st test flight from Van Horn with no passengers after Jeff Bezos trip

August 26, 2021 4:29 PM CNN

VAN HORN, Texas — The rocket that flew Jeff Bezos to space last month just took another brief, suborbital jaunt to the upper reaches of the…

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are arguing over the moon already. Here’s what it all means

August 19, 2021 12:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the two wealthiest people on this planet, both want to be center stage when NASA returns…

Blue Origin sues US government over NASA’s decision to award SpaceX lunar lander contract

August 16, 2021 10:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Blue Origin filed a federal lawsuit Friday to challenge a NASA moon landing contract awarded solely to rival company…

Virgin Spaceship Unity and Virgin Mothership Eve take to the skies on it's first captive carry flight on 8th September 2016. Richard Branson will boldly go where no space baron has gone before when he steps onto the supersonic space plane from his rocket venture

Virgin Galactic shares climb even though Q2 earnings didn’t meet expectations

August 5, 2021 4:10 PM Associated Press

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) _ Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (SPCE) on Thursday reported a loss of $94 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis,…

Virgin Galactic reopens ticket sales — for $450,000 per seat

August 5, 2021 4:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Virgin Galactic says it’s re-opening ticket sales for the first time in years, giving anyone who can afford it…

Blue Origin protest of NASA’s SpaceX moon contract denied

July 30, 2021 5:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN When NASA returns humans to the moon, SpaceX will build the vehicle to land the first woman and next man on the lunar…