Space
Jeff Bezos Launches into Space on Blue Origin’s First Astronaut Flight
The billionaire and three others take a suborbital trip onboard the craft New Shepard
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Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin Are Finally Flying to Space
After nearly twenty years pursuing a lifelong dream of spaceflight, the world’s wealthiest person is at last ready for lift off
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Virgin Galactic Launches Richard Branson to Space in First Fully Crewed Flight of VSS Unity
SpaceShipTwo make a successful, crewed suborbital test flight to 282,000 feet (86 kilometers) above Earth’s surface
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Life on Venus Is Impossible because of Lack of Water, Study Suggests
Otherwise clement regions of the planet’s atmosphere are still too dry to sustain life as we know it
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A Glitch Has Knocked the Hubble Space Telescope Offline—for Now
Although mission controllers have yet to identify the source of the problem, confidence is high the iconic observatory will soon return to normal operations
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China Launches Astronauts to New Space Station
The nation’s first crewed liftoff in nearly five years is the third of 11 planned launches to complete the station’s construction
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Venus Wins Stunning Third New Mission, This Time from Europe
EnVision will follow NASA’s DAVINCI+ and VERITAS
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Ganymede Looks Glorious in New Images from NASA’s Juno Mission
The spacecraft captured the first close-up views of the solar system’s largest moon in more than 20 years
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Jeff Bezos Will Go to Space on Blue Origin’s First Crewed Flight
The multibillionaire—along with his brother and at least one other passenger—could reach suborbital heights as soon as July 20
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NASA’s Juno Set for Close Encounter with Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
The flyby will be the closest a spacecraft has come to the gas giant’s largest moon in 20 years
