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An 18-year old physics student has secured a highly coveted seat on a flight to space with Jeff Bezos after a $28 million auction winner pulled out of the trip at the 11th hour. Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin is running the historic flight on Tuesday, July 20, and less…
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The Simpsons is well known for its uncanny ability to predict the future in the plots of its past episodes. But now fans of the hit Fox animated sitcom have discovered that the show seemingly managed to foretell Virgin founder Richard Branson's recent foray into space. The scene in question…
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Elon Musk has bought a ticket for a spaceflight on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, per The Sunday Times. On Sunday, Branson became the first of the trio of renowned billionaire tech company founders - including Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos - to take of on a flight to space.…
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Richard Branson has returned to Earth after successfully being taken to the edge of space in his own Virgin Galactic rocket. Per BBC News, the billionaire made history on Sunday, July 11, after reaching the edge of space high above New Mexico in a craft that his company has been…
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A petition calling for Jeff Bezos to be blocked from returning to Earth following his trip to space now boasts over 150,000 signatures. The 57-year-old Amazon founder is set to join the crew of his Blue Origin rocket, the New Shepard, when it launches into sub-orbital space in a mission…
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An 82-year-old woman who was denied astronaut training is being taken into space later this month by Jeff Bezos. Wally Funk will also make history when she travels onboard the New Shepard - a sub-orbital spacecraft developed by Bezos’ company Blue Origin - by becoming the oldest person to ever…
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The last supermoon of 2021, the so-called "Strawberry Moon", is set to light up the sky on Thursday, June 24. According to Metro, the waxing moon will appear larger and brighter than normal; first appearing in the early morning of Wednesday, June 23. It will then remain in the sky…
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Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for Jeff Bezos to be denied re-entry to Earth after he embarks on his upcoming journey into space. The 57-year-old billionaire is due to join the crew of Blue Origin's rocket, the so-called New Shepard, when it launches into sub-orbital space in…
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Jeff Bezos is going to fly into space on the first crewed flight of the New Shephard rocket. Per CNN Business, the 57-year-old Amazon founder announced that he will be part of the crew of the maiden voyage of the spacecraft made by his company Bue Origin, along with his…
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NASA will be sending two missions to Venus for the first time in more than three decades. The space agency announced on Wednesday, June 2, that two $500 million missions will be launched within the next 10 years. Administrator Bill Nelson said the missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, will journey to…
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The Blood Orange supermoon on May 26 is going to be the most spectacular full moon in years. It will appear as part of a total eclipse, which occurs when the sun, earth, and moon come together in the sky to completely cover the light of the moon. The orange…
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Remnants from the Chinese rocket that had started to hurtle back towards Earth have landed in the Indian Ocean. Per BBC News, China's space agency confirmed that debris from the 18-ton rocket had landed just west of the Maldives on Sunday, May 9, following speculation about where on Earth it…
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Debris from a Chinese rocket is due to crash down to Earth sometime this weekend - but nobody knows where or when. According to Time magazine, a portion of the Chinese Space Program's largest rocket, the so-called Long March 5B, is tumbling out of control in orbit after launching a…
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April's Pink Supermoon lit up the night's sky last night - with photographers around the globe capturing some breathtaking shots. In the US, perhaps the most iconic shot was captured in New York City, as photographer John Angelillo captured the supermoon creating a celestial halo around the iconic Statue of…
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NASA's Perseverance rover has managed to create oxygen on the surface of Mars for the first time. According to an official statement posted on the website of the space agency, the six-wheeled robot used a special device called "MOXIE" - which stands for: "Mars Oxygen In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment." This…
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Footage of a historic piece of fabric being installed by NASA's Ingenuity helicopter engineers has been shared. Today (Monday, April 19), NASA successfully launched a miniature drone helicopter on Mars, carrying a piece of fabric from the Wright Brothers' historic first flight. In doing so, the space agency paid tribute…
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NASA has released a number of incredible pictures from the surface of the planet Mars taken with its new Perseverance rover. According to BBC News, the American space agency successfully landed the Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet's equator, named Jezero, which is thought to have once…
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Now that 2020 is over and a new year has begun, a lot of people have been left wondering what we have to look forward to. Although COVID-19 vaccines are beginning to be rolled out, many of us are still languishing under tight restrictions - praying for an end to…
