• A taste of space on Earth: Astronaut training startup raises $4M to market way-out experiences,Alan Boyle

    A taste of space on Earth: Astronaut training startup raises $4M to market way-out experiences

    Brienna Rommes, Orbite’s chief astronaut trainer, guides participants in the Astronaut Orientation program through a presentation on spaceflight. (Photo Courtesy of Magali Maricot)Seattle-based Orbite says that it’s completed a $4 million funding round and sealed a strategic deal with Accor, one of

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  • Blue Origin flight sends husband and wife on their second suborbital trip to space,Alan Boyle

    Blue Origin flight sends husband and wife on their second suborbital trip to space

    New Shepard’s booster lands at Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in Texas. (Blue Origin via YouTube)Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent six more people to the edge of space today — including the first husband-and-wife pair to make two trips together to the final frontier, and a science communicat

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  • AST SpaceMobile chooses Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets for satellite launches,Alan Boyle

    AST SpaceMobile chooses Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets for satellite launches

    An artist’s conception shows AST SpaceMobile’s Bluebird satellites in orbit. (AST SpaceMobile Illustration)AST SpaceMobile plans to use Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to launch some of the satellites for its space-based cellular broadband network in 2025 and 2026.New Glenn has been under development

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