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National Air and Space Museum to reveal more renovated galleries on July 28
From John Glenn's Friendship 7 to Blue Origin's New Shepard, space capsules and more are set to return to or debut on display ...
Did Blue Origin's New Shepard Rocket Actually Leave The Atmosphere?
B lue Origin's latest private mission to space made bigger headlines than usual — but the buzz surrounding the flight had more to do with its celebrity crew rather than any reco ...
Space tourism's growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement. A tourism scholar explains
Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn and Lauren Sánchez—on a suborbital journey to the edge of ...
5 new galleries opening at the National Air and Space Museum in July
WASHINGTON — Five new galleries to orbit around are coming to the National Air and Space Museum this summer. The museum ...
Who gets to be called an astronaut? Private space travel has reignited debate over use of prestigious title
The recent all-women spaceflight carried out on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin vehicle has raised discussion of who gets to be ...
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When will Blue Origin launch New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida? What to know
The New Shepard-31 (or NS-31) mission crew on board included: Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket, NG-1, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 16, 2025. It was the first ...