If you have tens of millions of dollars to spare, you could as soon as next year be one of three passengers setting off aboard a spaceship to the International Space Station for a 10-day stay.
On Thursday, Axiom Space, a company run by a former manager of NASA's part of the space station, announced that it had signed a contract with SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket company, for what might be the first fully private human spaceflight to orbit.
"I think you'll see a lot more energy in the market as people come to realize it's real, and it's happening," said Michael T. Suffredini, the president and chief executive of Axiom.
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Baton Rouge teen co-designs world's first luggage for space travel
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) Baton Rouge native and 18-year-old astronaut-in-training Alyssa Carson has teamed up with smart travel brand Horizn Studios to co-design the world's first space-travel luggage.
The Horizn ONE suitcase is made from carbon fiber, making it flexible, more robust, and lighter than any luggage developed so far. An electromagnetic base allows it to secure to the floor or walls of the spacecraft for easy access in zero gravity.
Do We Really Need to Send Humans into Space? - Scientific American Blog Network
What future lies ahead for humans in space? Last year, the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing found a host of private and governmental projects that aim to send astronauts far beyond the near-Earth orbits that have limited human space exploration since 1972. China, which landed the first spacecraft on the lunar far side in 2019, has plans to place astronauts to the moon. India, which crashed a lander on the moon in 2019 , dreams of doing likewise.
What benefits will flow from these efforts to send humans much farther into space? As children of the 1950s, we were thrilled and inspired by the satellites that began to circle Earth in 1957, the first astronauts—who followed similar paths in the 1960s and made the first spacewalk in 1965—and what turned out to be the culmination of human spaceflight: NASA’s six astronaut explorations of the lunar surface from 1969 through 1972.
Tech rivalries: Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs - Business Insider
In a place where world-changing ideas are born and billions of dollars are at stake, it's only natural that rivalries develop between Silicon Valley's power players, ranging from friendly sparring to pointed critiques.
While some feuds, like the one between Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Oracle founder Larry Ellison, appear to be born out of a close friendship and mutual respect, others — like the one between Mark Zuckerberg and Evan Spiegel — started over a spurned acquisition offer.
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3D beating heart tissue experiment heads to Space Station | Newsroom
Part of the Tissue Chips in Space program, this study will measure how microgravity affects human heart muscle
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Space exploration can take a toll on the human heart. Astronauts are at risk for changes in their cardiac function and rhythm. To learn how microgravity and other physical forces in space exact their effects on heart muscle, a Tissue Chips in Space project has now been packed and is awaiting launch to the International Space Station.
Gastronauts: Groundbreaking eating experiences for a new generation of space travel
06 Mar 2020 --- For the new space race, astronauts and space tourists will want to eat better than the corned beef sandwiches, applesauce and high-calorie cubes of protein, fat and sugar consumed by astronauts in the 1960s. This is the conclusion set out by a research team at the University of Sussex, UK, which aims to design nutritious, tasty and ergonomic eating experiences for future “astro-tourism.
“We have aimed to capitalize on recent technological advances around digital fabrication, 3D food printing technology and virtual and augmented reality to enable the design and integration of multisensory eating experiences,” Carlos Velasco, Associate Professor at the BI Norwegian Business School, tells FoodIngredientsFirst .
What's the difference between orbital and suborbital spaceflight? | Space
Orbital and suborbital flight are common terms in the spaceflight industry that sound very similar, but they mean different things.
The main difference between orbital and suborbital flight is the speed at which a vehicle is traveling. An orbital spacecraft must achieve what is known as orbital velocity, whereas a suborbital rocket flies at a speed below that.
Orbital velocity is the speed that an object must maintain to remain in orbit around a planet, according to an explainer from the Austrian private aerospace company Orbspace . A good way to picture this is to imagine a ball being thrown at ground level — at a normal throwing speed, the ball travels in an arc through the air before hitting the ground.
Back to Earth: astronaut Luca Parmitano reflects on his 6-month mission on board the ISS |
In the 60 years since Yuri Gargarin made the first human venture into orbit, fewer than 600 astronauts have been to space - Parmitano is one of them.
You may have caught some of the Space Chronicles on Euronews sent by the astronaut as he orbitted the earth at over 28,000 km/h aboard the International Space Station.
He spoke with Euronews' Claudio Rosmino in Cologne about the challenges of returning to earth, and the haunting beauty of outer space, and the planet we call home.
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