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Polaris Dawn commander Jared Isaacman.

Who is Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief?

By Andrew Jones published

Donald Trump has nominated billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. What do we know about the potential next administrator of America’s space agency?

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Polars Dawn commander Jared Isaacman meets with a St. Jude Family at the Sun 'n' Fun Aerospace Expo in April 2024.

Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

By Mike Wall published

Donald Trump's choice for NASA chief is billionaire Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut who has funded and commanded two SpaceX missions.

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Photo of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launching the NS-20 space tourist mission in March 2022.

Watch Blue Origin launch 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli, 5 others on tourism flight today

By Josh Dinner last updated

Blue Origin's next space tourism mission is launching Nov. 22, with 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli. Watch live on Space.com.

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a smiling older man in a blue jacket stands next to a blue flight suit inside an air and space museum

Flight suit worn on 1st all-private astronaut mission to ISS debuts on display

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

When Michael Lopez-Alegria commanded the first privately funded crewed mission to visit the International Space Station, he traded his NASA "blues" for a "Deep Space" and "Mesosphere" flight suit.

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SpaceX likely to get FAA approval for 25 Starship launches in 2025

By Mike Wall published

The FAA plans to approve SpaceX's request to increase the maximum number of annual Starship launches from its South Texas site from five to 25.

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Esrange has been launching sounding rockets for nearly 60 years, including the Maxus 4 suborbital microgravity mission in 2001.

Suborbital rocket set to launch 6 experiments from Sweden's Arctic spaceport on Nov. 22

By Andrew Jones published

The SubOrbital Express-4 mission, which will launch from northern Sweden between Nov. 22 and Dec. 3, will help scientists take the next step in various realms of research.

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photo collage showing a plush banana toy in front of a silver spacecraft, which has a cartoon banana painted on its side

'It's bananas:' Toy fruit becomes first zero-g indicator to fly on SpaceX Starship

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

An artificial banana floated in the microgravity environment of outer space. No longer needing its attached tethers, it just hung there in the bay of its spacecraft's otherwise empty cargo hold.

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a white rocket launches into a blue sky

Blue Origin targeting Nov. 22 for next space tourism launch

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin is targeting Friday (Nov. 28) for its NS-28 tourism mission, which will take "Space Gal" Emily Calandrelli and five other people to suborbital space.

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headshots of six smiling people — two women and four men

Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli

By Mike Wall published

Blue Origin has announced the six crewmembers for NS-28, its next suborbital space tourism mission. Among them are 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli and two repeat customers.

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a black and white rocket launches into a cloudy blue sky

FAA creating new committee to update launch regulations

By Mike Wall published

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is creating a new committee to review and update its "Part 450" launch and reentry licensing rule.

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