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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Astronauts will take iPhones on first Moon mission in decades

    Astronauts will take iPhones on first Moon mission in decades Nasa astronauts venturing deeper in space than any human has travelled will be able to document and share images from the landmark Moon mission next month using Nasa-provided Apple iPhones. Crews undertaking a lunar flyby as part of...
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    Blue Origin takes first wheelchair-bound person to space

    Blue Origin takes first wheelchair-bound person to space Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers. The flight took off at about 09:15 New York time, and the...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Secretive X-37B space plane launched into orbit by SpaceX

    Secretive X-37B space plane launched into orbit by SpaceX SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket lofted a secretive space plane for the US Space Force on Thursday evening from Florida, the first time the rocket was used to send the Boeing Co.-built experimental spacecraft to orbit. The launch...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    FAA proposes rules for cleaning up space junk

    FAA proposes rules for cleaning up space junk A new proposed rule would require commercial space companies to clean up some of their junk. The US Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday released a proposal to limit the uncontrolled reentry of a launch vehicle’s upper stage — the part of a...
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    Virgin Galactic's first commercial flight a success — 15 years after original date for launch

    Virgin Galactic's first commercial flight a success — 15 years after original date for launch Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. sent paying customers to the edge of space for the first time, a milestone for the Richard Branson-founded company almost two decades in the making. The VSS Unity craft...
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    Virgin Orbit going bankrupt

    Virgin Orbit going bankrupt Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy after the satellite launch firm tied to British billionaire Richard Branson failed to secure the funding needed to keep operating and cut about 85% of its staff. The company listed $243 million in assets and $153.5...
  8. Vorastra

    Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy

    https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/04/business/virgin-orbit-bankruptcy/
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Relativity delays launch of mostly 3D-printed rocket

    Relativity delays launch of mostly 3D-printed rocket Relativity Space Inc. postponed the first test flight of its mostly 3D-printed rocket, the Terran 1, on Wednesday at the company’s launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The company said it scrubbed the planned test mission, which it called...
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    Nasa and Sansa break ground on comms facility to be used in Moon missions

    Nasa and Sansa break ground on comms facility to be used in Moon missions The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) on Tuesday signed a letter of intent to formalise a space exploration partnership. The signing was followed by a...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Another Chinese rocket booster poses Earth impact danger

    Another Chinese rocket booster poses Earth impact danger A massive Chinese rocket booster is headed for an uncontrolled fall through the atmosphere Friday, sparking concerns that pieces of the giant vehicle could crash to Earth. It’s the fourth time in two years a large Chinese rocket has...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    US and China in war of words over revived race to the Moon

    US and China in war of words over revived race to the Moon The competition between the US and China to explore outer space turned prickly after Chinese diplomats blasted the head of NASA and encouraged neighboring countries to support Beijing’s plan for exploring the moon. China’s Ministry of...
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    Blue Origin space trip auction nets R129 million

    Blue Origin space trip auction nets R129 million A seat in a Blue Origin New Shepard capsule going to space was auctioned for $8 million (R129 million) Monday night, with the winning bid coming from Ken Griffin, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Citadel. Griffin will donate the spot to a...
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    Space debris from Russian missile test threatens Starlink satellites

    Space debris from Russian missile test threatens Starlink satellites The Russian missile test that shattered a dead satellite this week highlights a growing threat of space debris just as companies such as SpaceX and Boeing Co. make plans to launch as many as 65,000 commercial spacecraft into...
  15. Kevin Lancaster

    Space travel in 2017 – What to expect

    Space travel in 2017 – What to expect Benefitting from a growing interest in both public and privately-funded space missions, companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX have made great strides in space exploration technology.
  16. R

    Astronomy/Space What-If

    As an avid SciFi fan I was wondering the following: If somehow (space travel, wormhole created by LHC etc) you were transported a thousand lights years away to another planet (for the sake of keeping this basic its exactly earth like) and you then met an Extraterrestrial civilization that...
  17. mercurial

    Virgin Galactic Unveils Space Mothership

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