Category: Aerospace Exploration

Earth-Monitoring Landsat 9 Satellite Launches in California

September 28, 2021
Aerospace Explorationsatellite launchsatellitesScienceSpacespace capsule
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LOS ANGELES—The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth’s surface for decades was launched into orbit from California on Monday to ensure continued observations in the era of climate change. Landsat 9 was carried into space aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that lifted…

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SpaceX Set to Make History With First All-Civilian Crew Launched Into Orbit

September 15, 2021
Aerospace Explorationaerospace industryJeff BezosRichard BransonScienceSpace
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The latest in a recent line of space-obsessed billionaires was set for liftoff on Wednesday with three less wealthy private citizens along for the ride aboard a SpaceX rocket ship, seeking to become the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth orbit. The quartet of amateur space travelers, led by the American founder, and…

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SpaceX Prepares to Send First All-Civilian Crew Into Orbit

September 13, 2021
Aerospace ExplorationJeff BezosRichard BransonScienceSpace
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Yet another billionaire entrepreneur is set to ride into space this week, strapped inside the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship as part of an astro-tourist team poised to make history as the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth orbit. Jared Isaacman, the American founder and chief executive of e-commerce firm Shift4 Payments, will lead three…

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Jeff Bezos Picks Female Aerospace Pioneer to Launch With Him

July 1, 2021
Aerospace ExplorationBusinessCompaniesJeff BezosUSUS News
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos has chosen an early female aerospace pioneer—an 82-year-old pilot denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender—to rocket into space with him later this month. The company announced Thursday that Wally Funk will be aboard the July 20 launch from West Texas, flying in the capsule for the…

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