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(THE CONVERSATION) With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson both flying to space in craft made by their own private companies, July 2021 was perhaps the highest-profile month for space in years. But these events have been met with a mix of opinion.
Virgin Galactic Resumes Space Travel Sales for Over $ 450,000 | Work - Pennsylvania News Today
The space travel company said Thursday that it is making progress towards the start of next year’s profitable flight. We sell single seats, package deals and entire flights.
Virgin Galactic announced the product on Thursday after reporting that it lost $ 94 million in the second quarter due to high overhead and selling expenses. The company generated $ 571,000, which is barely enough to cover one seat on future flights.
Netflix and SpaceX show how streaming space tourism is the new reality TV - Vox
When SpaceX launches its first all-civilian crew into space later this fall and takes a multi-day trip circling the Earth, humanity can follow along online thanks to an exclusive documentary deal Netflix sealed with Elon Musk's private space company.
The first two installments of the five-episode miniseries, Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space , will debut on the streaming platform September 6 and will be the closest Netflix has come yet to covering an event in "near-real time," the company said on Tuesday.
'Golden era' for space travel as Scots boffins crack secret of the Moon - Daily Record
Dr Iraklis Giannakis, from the University of Aberdeen's School of Geosciences, led the research with counterparts from the University of Edinburgh, Northumbria University and Chinese University of Geosciences Wuhan.
He said: "The novel radar processing method that we have developed has allowed us to study the radar data from the Chang'E-4 landing site in much greater detail.
Billionaires Jeff Bezos And Richard Branson Blast Off To Space! Kids News Article
Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson have dreamed of going to space since childhood. The billionaires have also been competing to become the first to launch commercial space travel.
Branson was the first to lift off aboard the VSS Unity from Virgin Galactic's launch site in New Mexico on July 11, 2021. The billionaire was accompanied by three Virgin Galactic employees and two pilots. At about 50,000 feet, VSS Unity detached from its carrier aircraft, VMS Eve.
Scientist Says Astronauts Should Take Psychedelic Mushrooms in Space
In the future, when space agencies start to send human crew s deep into space to explore or terraform distant worlds, we may need to send them off with extra goodies to keep morale high.
When astronauts are feeling lonely, depressed, traumatized, or just generally bad, a little pick-me-up in the form of psychedelic mushrooms could help, mycologist Paul Stamets suggested to Scientific American .
Reality TV's next frontier: Outer Space - CNN
Space honey: This Utah metal is a key ingredient to space exploration | ABC4 Utah
JUAB COUNTY, Utah ( ABC4 ) – When the James Webb Space Telescope departs Earth and heads into the ethers of space later this year, it'll be taking a bit of Utah with it.
The Webb, which is touted by NASA as the largest, most powerful, and complex space telescope ever built and launched into space.
12 of the best space movies: From Interstellar to Hidden Figures | New Scientist
There are so many great movies about space that it’s hard to choose between them all, but that won’t stop us. We’ve got some in our selection that will keep you on the edge of your seat while others will keep you hidden behind the sofa. Here are 12 of the best space movies.
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