Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced he'll be on board a spaceflight next month, in a capsule attached to a rocket made by his space exploration company Blue Origin. Bezos is seen here in 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Just two weeks after he steps down as CEO of Amazon, Bezos will climb aboard a rocket made by his space exploration company Blue Origin.
"If you see the earth from space, it changes you. It changes your relationship with this planet, with humanity. It's one earth," Bezos said in a video posted to Instagram on Monday morning.
Science, Solar Arrays Launch on NASA's SpaceX Cargo Mission | NASA
U.S. military rocket cargo program for SpaceX's Starship and others
The U.S. Air Force said Friday is expanding a small development program that wants to leverage reusable rockets, like those SpaceX is building, to deliver cargo quickly to anywhere in the world.
Called Rocket Cargo, the experimental military program will be led by the U.S. Space Force, the Pentagon said. The program will research and help develop capabilities such as landing "a rocket on a wide range of non-traditional materials and surfaces," engineering "a rocket cargo bay and logistics for rapid loading and unloading" and air-dropping "cargo from the rocket after re-entry in order to service locations where a rocket or aircraft cannot possibly land."
Can space exploration be environmentally friendly? - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Lift-off is usually the most environmentally harmful stage of any space mission, with vast quantities of fuel burnt up in a matter of minutes. For instance, SpaceX's Falcon 9 gets through 112 tonnes of refined kerosene, emitting about 336 tonnes of CO2 (the equivalent produced by your average car driving almost 70 times around the world).
As well as greenhouse gases, rocket engines emit chlorine and particles of soot and aluminium oxide that destroy ozone. These issues are growing more pressing with the advent of commercial spaceflight. There were 114 space launches in 2020, but there may be up to 1,000 per year in future.
128 Baby Squid in space for SpaceX and NASA space exploration
RIAU24.COM – National Aeronautics and Space Administration USA ( NASA ) In conjunction with SpaceX recently launched the 128 Baptile Squid with 5,000 micro-organisms for a series of experiments on the effects of space travel to the International Space Station (ISS).
According to the BBC, the animals were inside the rocket Falcon 9 Space X It was launched by ISS on Thursday (June 3, 2021) as part of a cargo delivery mission to support NASA space research.
NASA's new, $23 million space commode system is more than a toilet - UPI.com
ORLANDO, Fla., June 7 (UPI) -- Going to the bathroom at the International Space Station is about to get easier and cleaner with a new toilet system that cost NASA $23 million to develop.
Astronauts are connecting and checking out the toilet, which actually is a high-tech improvement to the space station's water recycling system. Advertisement
The multimillion-dollar budget for the project includes another unit installed inside the Orion space capsule for longer deep-space missions.
Mass Effect 2's Space Travel And Planet-Probing Are Brilliant, Actually
I'm not very clued into what is or isn't unanimously beloved in the Mass Effect series. It wasn't exactly a giant part of my childhood like it was for so many others. While people were gallivanting through this sci-fi RPG in the 2010s, I was playing Saints Row and Skyrim - different folks, eh?
Fortunately, Mass Effect Legendary Edition offered me a chance to rectify that, and so far, I'm loving and appreciating this series in a way I doubt I would've back then. In particular, I've found myself adoring everything about space travel in Mass Effect 2, although I'm starting to get the vibe that it probably isn't all that popular with other people... different folks, eh?
Wanted: British women from all backgrounds who want to go to space | UK news | The Guardian
The agency is seeking to recruit 26 astronauts – a process only undertaken once in about a decade – and is hoping to attract a more diverse cohort. People with some disabilities are being urged to put themselves forward for the first time.
She said: "Hopefully, younger women and girls thinking about if this is something they could apply to in the future will be encouraged and realise that it's not incompatible with other dreams they might have.
Medical Emergencies in Space: Is Private Space Tourism Ready for a Worst Case Scenario?
The age of commercial passenger space flight is upon us. Efforts by companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing and Virgin Galactic aim to put paying individuals in space. The International Space Station expects to receive its first private crew early next year during the Axiom Mission 1, with the three tourists paying a sum of $55 million each to stay at the space station for eight days.
Back in 2004, the United States Congress passed the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, which doesn't allow the Federal Aviation Administration to regulate the safety of people onboard space vehicles, unlike with planes. Instead, the law requires only the "informed consent" of onboard crew and passengers, prior to selling a ticket to said passengers.
Happening on Twitter
Jeff Bezos and his brother are going to space. Bezos announced that they would be on board when his rocket company… https://t.co/hs5J7XOgVW nytimes (from New York City) Mon Jun 07 11:33:33 +0000 2021
Jeff Bezos has announced that he is going to fly to space with his brother on his rocket, proving again that he des… https://t.co/vsI3jVl6uW RealSpikeCohen (from Myrtle Beach, SC) Mon Jun 07 15:00:33 +0000 2021
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