SpaceX, four other firms nab $47.7 million in Texas Space Commission funds
SpaceX, the commercial space company run by Elon Musk, is among five Texas firms receiving taxpayer funds from the state space commission in its second batch of grants. The latest round, which totals ...
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Animation Of NASA's ESCAPADE Launched To Mars Atop Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket
A pair of NASA spacecraft know as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) to be launched to Mars ...
Will Virgin Galactic Abandon the Space Tourism Business?
In June 2024, space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic ( SPCE) launched its Unity spaceplane with a planeload of space tourists ...
2025 is going to be another big year for commercial moon missions
Several missions under contracts with NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program are planned for this year.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-29 Conducts First Lunar Gravity Simulation
Blue Origin’s NS-29 mission simulated Moon gravity to support lunar research, with key experiments funded by NASA.
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NASA Glenn partners with Blue Origin to test materials for next generation of space flight
NASA Glenn research center has partnered with Blue Origin to begin testing how materials react when caught on fire in different gravities.
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NASA Flight Test Prepares Critical Payloads for Moon Mission
Find out how NASA is preparing for important technologies and instruments for upcoming Moon and space exploration missions.
Blue Origin’s latest rocket flight included a lunar-like experience
In a first, the Jeff Bezos-led spaceflight company simulated lunar gravity on a suborbital rocket to test various science ...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mimics the moon’s gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has given NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity without straying too far from home.