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Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch Polaris Dawn. Astronauts to take first commercial spacewalk, go farther from Earth than any other mission
Elon Musk's SpaceX will launch the "Polaris Dawn" mission, which will take four persons 870 miles from Earth, the furthest distance in more than 50 years. In addition to testing in-orbit communications, the crew will carry out high-altitude exercises, the first-ever commercial spacewalk, and health-related research.
Why did NASA cancel its $100 million contract for making spacesuits? Know in details
The spacesuits astronauts use are called Extravehicular Activity, or EVA, suits. These were designed more than 40 years ago.
What physical, mental and genetic changes do astronauts undergo? Inspiration 4 Mission gives shocking information
A study says that three days in space are enough to change bodies and minds. The four people went on an Inspiration 4 mission in 2021.
Elon Musk has a giant charity, its money stays close to home
Musk, the world's second-richest person, according to Forbes, presides over SpaceX, Tesla and other companies that are pushing the boundaries of technology, while also controlling a social media platform, now known as X, formerly Twitter, through which he promotes his often-polarizing political and social views.
Meet the crew: SpaceX engineer Anna Menon to be on next space mission announced by Jared Isaacman
Menon is a Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX.
SpaceX engineer Anna Menon to be among crew of new space mission
Menon is a Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX, where she manages the development of crew operations and serves in mission control as both a Mission Director and crew communicator, a SpaceX release said.
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Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who flew SpaceX last year, is all set to go back into orbit
Isaacman did not specify how high his next capsule would reach.
Billionaire Jared Isaacman joins the philanthropy club, donates $125 mn to a children's hospital
He turned a payments-processing firm he started as a teen into a multibillion-dollar company.
Meet Kyle Hippchen, the man who won a trip to space and gave it to his college roommate
The real winner of a sweepstakes for a ride in space has finally come forward: a Florida-based airline pilot.
Virgin Galactic has sold 700 more space tickets
After Branson's successful trip to the edge of space and back on the company's primary spaceplane, called VSS Unity, in July, the company in August listed tickets at $450,000, significantly higher than the $250,000 price tag during Virgin Galactic's initial ticketing round years ago.
Virgin Galactic sells 100 more space tickets after flying Richard Branson last summer
The current price of the fare is $450,000 per seat.
Shoot to thrill! William Shatner becomes latest celeb to go into space. List of amateur astronauts who took a trip to orbit
Bezos and his brother Mark were also on Blue Origin's maiden mission in July.
What a fungus reveals about the Space program
Now a new generation of rockets, engineers, scientists and explorers are ready to assault the sky.
SpaceX's all-civilian crew returns to Earth safely
The fully automated Dragon capsule reached an unusually high altitude of 585 kilometres, surpassing the International Space Station by 160 kilometres. The Dragon's dome window, inspired by the Cupola on the ISSl provided the crew with incredible views of Earth. The crew, onboard the Dragon spacecraft re-entered Earth's atmosphere for a soft water landing off the coast of Florida at 7.06 p.m. EDT (4.36 a.m. Sunday India time).
SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down off Florida
SpaceX, the private rocketry company founded by Tesla Inc electric automaker CEO Elon Musk, supplied the spacecraft, launched it, flew it from the company's suburban Los Angeles headquarters and handled the recovery operation.
Elon Musk's SpaceX sends first all-civilian crew into orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying four space tourists blasted off Wednesday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first mission to orbit the globe with an all-civilian crew. A huge fireball illuminated the sky as the rocket's nine engines began to pull away from Earth.
Just need some space: Elon Musk's SpaceX to send all-civilian crew into Earth orbit for a ride
It marks the debut flight of Musk's new orbital tourism business.
If you're still wary about summer travel on Earth, how about a trip to space instead?
The last tourist to go into space was Canadian billionaire artist Guy Laliberté, in 2009.
SpaceX launches 3rd crew in under year, fly on reused rocket
The astronauts from the U.S., Japan and France should reach the International Space Station early Saturday morning, following a 23-hour ride in the same Dragon capsule used by SpaceX's debut crew last May. They'll spend six months at the orbiting lab.
All aboard! Two day training program getting wealthy first-time space travellers ready for take off
The cost per flight? $200,000 to $250,000.
The fantastic four are ready: 2 space fans get seats on billionaire's private SpaceX flight
They will join flight sponsor Jared Isaacman and another passenger for 3 days in orbit.
Sky is not the limit: Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire Jared Isaacman on SpaceX flight
Hayley Arceneaux will also be the first to launch with a prosthesis.
US billionaire buys SpaceX flight, will take three 'everyday' people with him to orbit
SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk expects the flight to last two to four days.
SpaceX aims to launch 'all-civilian' trip into orbit
Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is to be joined by three other novice astronauts for a multi-day journey into space, including one lucky winner of a drawing.
SpaceX to launch world's first all-civilian astronaut mission to orbit in late 2021
The company's spacecraft would be commanded by Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, who is also a trained pilot. The mission, known as Inspiration4, seeks to raise support for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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