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Blue Origin targeting May 19 for 1st crewed spaceflight since 2022
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin is targeting Sunday (May 19) for the six-person NS-25, the company's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.
How SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will attempt the 1st-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk
By Josh Dinner published
New details for SpaceX's privately-funded crewed launch, Polaris Dawn, paint a more complete picture of what the mission will look like, and how SpaceX's new EVA suits will play a part.
Axiom Space eyes the moon while continuing to dream big in Earth orbit
By Meredith Garofalo published
Axiom Space, which was founded in 2016, has already organized three private crewed missions to the International Space Station, and it's building the spacesuits for NASA's Artemis moonwalkers.
Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8
By Mike Wall published
Virgin Galactic is targeting June 8 for its seventh commercial spaceflight, a suborbital jaunt called, fittingly enough, Galactic 07.
HALO Space unveils capsule design for stratospheric space 'glamping'
By Tereza Pultarova published
Spanish start-up HALO Space has unveiled its capsule design for stratospheric space tourism.
Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight
By Mike Wall published
The six-person crew of Blue Origin's seventh human spaceflight includes Ed Dwight, who was picked in 1961 to be the nation's first black astronaut candidate.
SpaceX's longest-ever astronaut cruise was a smooth ride, Ax-3 crewmembers say
By Elizabeth Howell published
Axiom Space astronaut Michael López-Alegría is the only person to fly twice on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. He'd love for more people to ride that spacecraft in orbit.
Axiom Space Ax-3 private spaceflight with SpaceX: Mission updates
By Brett Tingley last updated
Follow along with Axiom Space's Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station, the third-ever all-private mission to the orbital lab.
SpaceX Dragon carrying Ax-3 astronauts splashes down in Atlantic to end longest private spaceflight for Axiom Space
By Mike Wall last updated
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean early Friday (Feb. 9), wrapping up a record-setting private trip to the International Space Station.
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