Hedge fund Citadel’s founder, Ken Griffin, successfully bid for a seat on the New Shepard capsule of Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin but will reportedly not be part of its trip to space. What Happened Griffin has decided to donate his seat to a school teacher from New York City, Bloomberg reported. Griffin’s representative and Citadel CTO Umesh Subramanian made the winning $8 million bid in…

They look like any crew getting ready to travel into space. But only Anton Shkapleov is actually a real astronaut. By his sides are actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko. They will soon be undertaking the job of a lifetime—filming a movie in space. They will spend 12 days flying above Earth to…

Boeing on Tuesday postponed the planned launch of its CST-100 Starliner capsule from Florida’s Cape Canaveral bound for the International Space Station due to a glitch in what was to have been a crucial do-over test flight following a near-catastrophic failure during its 2019 debut. During pre-launch preparations, Boeing engineers detected “unexpected valve position indications”…

Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos said on Monday he is excited and curious but not very nervous on the eve of taking part in his company Blue Origin’s inaugural suborbital flight alongside the oldest and youngest people ever bound for space. The world’s richest person and three crewmates are due to fly from a desert site…