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Meet the crew launching on Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed flight Unity 22
Here's the crew of Virgin Galactic Unity 22 suborbital spaceflight on Sunday (July 11) and what they think about their big launch.
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic crew to sign flight log with special space pens
Virgin Galactic will use Fisher space pens when it launches six astronauts to suborbital space on July 11, 2021.
It's been a long road to passenger spaceflight for Virgin Galactic and rival Blue Origin
Richard Branson's path to space has been quite a bit longer and more circuitous than he anticipated.
Stephen Colbert will host Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity launch on Sunday
Richard Branson's spaceflight is shaping up to be quite a star-studded affair.
SpaceX cargo capsule splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
A Cargo Dragon capsule backs away from the International Space station Thursday, heading for splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Thomas Pesquet/ESA/NASA
Wrapping up a 36-day mission to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico Friday night with biomedical experiments, spacewalk equipment, and other hardware returning from orbit.
After British Columbia’s Record-Breaking Heatwave, Here Come the Wildfires
Every day, there are more indications that show how anthropogenic factors are causing uncomfortable changes in our climate. Here in beautiful British Columbia, this means that wildfires are once again threatening countless acres of forests, communities, and wildlife. By the end of June 2021, more than 40 wildfires were raging across the province, including a rather substantial cluster around the town of Lytton.
June 2021 smashed heat records in North America
Satellite data finds that June 2021 was the hottest June ever recorded in North America.
Virgin-founder Richard Branson heads for space Sunday
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin throws shade at Virgin Galactic ahead of Richard Branson's launch
For the tiny few of us who can afford to pay for a trip in space, Blue Origin is already ramping up its marketing against competitor Virgin Galactic.
Mystery of Jupiter's powerful X-ray auroras finally solved
Mysterious flares of X-rays from Jupiter's auroras suggest that the giant planet's "northern lights" may possess unexpected similarities with those of Earth, a new study finds.
Venus and the moon pass a fading Mars in the evening sky this weekend
Catch the trio above the western horizon about 45 minutes after sunset.
Wally Funk From the Mercury 13 Will be Joining Jeff Bezos on his Flight to the Edge of Space
This month, two billionaires will be flying to space aboard their very own commercial launch vehicles. The first to go will be Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who will be a passenger aboard the inaugural crewed flight of the New Shepard on July 20th. Mark Bezos, Jeff’s brother, will be accompanying him on this flight, as will the person who won the auction that wrapped up on June 12th (they bid $28 million for the seat).
We Might Know why There’s so Little Antimatter in the Universe
Surprising findings sometimes come in small packages. And sometimes those small packages have to be delivered by very big systems. Physicists at MIT made some surprising findings from a very small radioactive molecule that was created in an accelerator at CERN. They believe that, if studied closely enough, these new types of radioactive molecules could shine some light on why there is more matter than anti-matter in the universe.
The mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras is solved
The 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras has been solved. For the first time, astronomers have seen the entire mechanism at work – and it could be a process occurring in many other parts of the Universe too.
The last voyage of NASA's space shuttle: Looking back at Atlantis' final mission 10 years later
The final space shuttle mission, which launched 10 years ago this week, almost didn't happen.
Earth-observing satellite startup Planet is going public
Planet, which operates the world's largest fleet of Earth-observing satellites, announced Wednesday (July 7) that it will merge with a special purpose acquisition company.
Chinese Astronauts Take Their First Spacewalk Outside the new Station
Spacewalks are a relatively rare occurrence, and they normally draw at least a moderate amount of media coverage. So when a team of Chinese astronauts performed a spacewalk outside of their newly launched space station for the first time, it was bound to attract some notice. The successful walk installed equipment, including cameras, outside of the new Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”) station.
Celebrations to mark 60 years since second suborbital spaceflight
Celebrations in Indiana and Kansas are marking the 60 years since Virgil "Gus" Grissom, the second U.S. astronaut, made the short hop into space.
Swarm yields new insight into animal migration
Using measurements from ESA’s Earth Explorer Swarm mission, scientists have developed a new tool that links the strength and direction of the magnetic field to the flight paths of migrating birds. This is a huge step forward to understanding how animals use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate vast distances.
What Will ESA's EnVision Learn at Venus?
ESA's EnVision mission to Venus adds to the growing number of spacecraft investigating our sister planet. How will they work together to understand our sister planet'?
