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ULA aims to launch Astrobotic lunar lander on Christmas Eve
Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic’s first lunar lander is set to take off on United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket on Christmas Eve, ULA CEO Tory Bruno said. Bruno told the audience at the CNBC Technology Executive Council Summit that the rocket…
Three leading space companies agree: no new regulations on human spaceflight
Three leading space companies told Congress this week that the industry needs time to mature before federal regulators introduce new safety guidelines for human spaceflight – but that existing regulatory processes for launch are in dire need of improve…
Regulators close investigation into Blue Origin’s New Shepard anomaly
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has closed the investigation into a mishap that occurred last September during a launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle, with the regulator saying that Blue must implement 21 corrective actions before it ca…
Amazon’s outgoing Echo head is Blue Origin’s new CEO
Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith is retiring at the end of the year and his replacement is coming from Jeff Bezos’ other company. Dave Limp, an Amazon veteran who had planned to step down from his role as head of the company’s consumer devices div…
The Cost of Space Flight Before and After SpaceX
This post is by Bruno Venditti from Visual Capitalist The Cost of Space Flight Before and After SpaceX On December 21, 2021, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a cargo capsule to deliver supplies and Christmas gifts to astronauts in the International Space Station. Just eight minutes after liftoff, the rocket’s first stage returned to Earth,…
Comparing the Size of The World’s Rockets, Past and Present
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in apollo, ballistic missile, bezos, blue origin, china, cold war, Elon Musk, Europe, History, iran, Israel, jeff bezos, missiles, moon, musk, nuclear, nuclear weapons, rocket, rocket ship, rockets, Russia, science, shuttle, soviet union, space, space race, SpaceX, uk, united states, usa, ussrThis post is by Omri Wallach from Visual Capitalist View the full-size version of this infographic The Size of The World’s Rockets, Past and Present The SpaceX Starship might be the next rocket to take humans to the moon, but it won’t be the first, and likely not the last. Starting in the mid-20th century,…
The Richest People in the World in 2021
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