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space-exploration2 years ago•2 min saved

Blue Origin Set to Resume Space Launches with Tourist Flights

Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is set to resume flights after more than a year since its New Shepard rocket suffered an engine failure. The company plans to perform a suborbital test flight without passengers next week, carrying 33 science payloads. The rocket's failure in 2022 was attributed to an engine nozzle issue, which has since been addressed. Blue Origin's larger rocket, New Glenn, is still in development, but the company has secured contracts for satellite launches.

via The Washington Post|

#blue-origin #jeff-bezos #new-shepard

space2 years ago•4 min saved

Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes Final Test Flight Ahead of Commercial Launch

Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first suborbital test flight in two years, with six people onboard, including four crew members and two pilots. The flight reached an altitude of 54.2 miles, just past the edge of space, and the company is now ready to start flying its backlog of paying customers. Virgin Galactic has charged as much as $450,000 per ticket. The flight comes as the company has been bleeding cash, and as a tightening economy has forced a reckoning in the commercial space industry.

via The Washington Post|

#commercial-space-travel #richard-branson #space