By Emily Rella Are there olive branches in space? Sure looks like there might be in an unexpected yet, dare we say, seemingly sincere gesture from Jeff Bezos towards Elon Musk on Twitter. Musk, whose space exploration company SpaceX launched a historic all-civilian flight this week, was the recipient of a subtle congratulations by billionaire…
Jeff Bezos Sends Rare Message to Elon Musk in First Tweet Since February 2020
SpaceX’s First Private Crew Motivates Children With Cancer From Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX’s first space tourists are taking in sweeping views of Earth that few have witnessed and motivating children with cancer. The four passengers showed off their capsule in a live broadcast Friday. They’re flying exceedingly high in the automated capsule, even by NASA standards. SpaceX got them into a 363-mile (585-kilometer) orbit following Wednesday…
SpaceX Launches 4 Amateurs on Private Earth-Circling Trip
Cape Canaveral, Fla.—SpaceX’s first private flight streaked into orbit Wednesday night with two contest winners, a health care worker, and their rich sponsor, the most ambitious leap yet in space tourism. It was the first time a spacecraft circled Earth with an all-amateur crew and no professional astronauts. “Punch it, SpaceX!” the flight’s billionaire leader,…
LIVE: SpaceX Launch of First All-Civilian Crew Into Orbit
Elon Musk’s SpaceX venture launches Inspiration4, an all-civilian spaceflight which will be the first attempt at orbit around the Earth without a professional crew of astronauts. Jared Issacman, a billionaire who earned his fortune in the payment procession business; Haley Arcenaux, a physician’s assistant and childhood bone cancer survivor; Chris Sembrowski, a data engineer; and…
LIVE: SpaceX Launches First All-Civilian Crew Into Orbit
Elon Musk’s SpaceX venture launches Inspiration4, an all-civilian spaceflight which will be the first attempt at orbit around the Earth without a professional crew of astronauts. Jared Issacman, a billionaire who earned his fortune in the payment procession business; Haley Arcenaux, a physician’s assistant and childhood bone cancer survivor; Chris Sembrowski, a data engineer; and…
SpaceX Launches First All-Civilian Space Flight
The SpaceX “Inspiration4” mission took flight on Sept. 15, making history on several fronts. The SpaceX program, based in Hawthorne, Calif., will launch the first-ever all-civilian crew on a three-day mission to space. The flight, called “Inspiration4,” is a part of a fundraising campaign for St. Jude’s Hospital and will be launched from the Kennedy…
SpaceX to Launch First All-Civilian Space Flight
The SpaceX “Inspiration4” mission takes flight on Sept. 15, making history on several fronts. The SpaceX program, based in Hawthorne, Calif., will launch the first-ever all-civilian crew on a three-day mission to space. The flight, called “Inspiration4,” is a part of a fundraising campaign for St. Jude’s Hospital and will be launched from the Kennedy…
SpaceX Set to Make History With First All-Civilian Crew Launched Into Orbit
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…
SpaceX Prepares to Send First All-Civilian Crew Into Orbit
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…
NASA Celebrates 20 Years of ISS Payload Operation
NASA this year is celebrating 20 years of operating science payloads/research on board the International Space Station. The Payload Operations Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, houses the International Space Station Payload Operations Integration Center, the Laboratory Training Complex, and simulation rooms used to prepare for space station expeditions. The center…
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