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Virgin Galactic sends its first tourist passengers into space

Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said.

France 24

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea

SpaceX launched 22 of its Starlink internet satellites early Friday (Aug. 11) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

Space

Virgin Galactic launches 1st mother-daughter team and 1st Olympian to space on 2nd commercial flight (video)

Virgin Galactic flew its second-ever commercial mission today (Aug. 10), a flight that made history in multiple ways.

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Virgin Galactic successfully flies tourists to space for first time

Six individuals were aboard VSS Unity space plane, including first mother-daughter duo to venture to space together

The Guardian - US

Russia is to launch its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years

Russia is scheduled to launch its first mission to the moon in nearly 50 years on Friday, pitting it in a space race with India which is also aiming to land a lunar craft this month

The Independent UK

Scottish university student heads into space on first tourism flight

Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight has taken off from a launch site in the United States.

The National (Scotland)

Moon rocket blasts off, carrying Russia’s hope of first successful lunar landing since 1976

The Luna-25 mission will try to land near the south pole of the moon, seeking signs of water or its components

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Study Shows Mars Is Spinning Faster Than Usual

It’s a subtle acceleration, and scientists aren’t entirely sure of the cause.

Zenger

British passenger, 80, on first Virgin Galactic space tourist flight says it was ‘completely surreal’

British ex-Olympian Jon Goodwin becomes only the second-ever person with Parkinson’s to join space flight

Evening Standard

Virgin Galactic: What’s it like to go on a sub-orbital space flight?

Here’s everything you need to know about how sub-orbital spaceflights work, what it feels like to go on one, and what your rights are

Evening Standard

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission will test next-gen laser communications in space

NASA plans on testing an innovative new way to communicate with deep space probes, and step one depends on the success of the Psyche mission.

Space

Surprise! GPS satellites threatened more by mild solar storms than monster sun flares

Mild solar storms can cause more serious problems to GPS satellites than once-in-a-century events, a new study has found.

Space

Russia hopes to pull ahead in the space race with the launch of the Luna-25 moon lander

Russia is taking a big gamble as it prepares to launch its first spacecraft to the Moon since 1976 on Friday. After decades of failed space missions, and with the war in Ukraine making it a pariah on the international stage, Russia is hoping to re-emerge as a major player…

France 24

Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter fly in amazing video from Perseverance rover

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a stunning video of the Ingenuity helicopter on Aug. 3, during the little chopper's 54th Red Planet flight.

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The Independent UK

Virgin Galactic all set to fly its first tourists to the edge of space

Virgin Galactic is finally taking its first space tourists on a rocket ship ride after years of delays

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Russia will launch Luna-25, its 1st moon mission since 1976, today and you can watch it live

Russia plans to launch its first moon mission in nearly half a century today (Aug. 10), and you can watch the historic liftoff live.

Space

Stunning time-lapse video captures 17-year journey of exoplanet around its star

An incredible time-lapse video tracks the 17-year journey of a distant and massive exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, around its parent star between 2003 and 2020.

Inverse

Webb Telescope Reveals an Intriguing Detail About the Most Distant Star Ever Seen

New JWST images suggest that a star 12 billion light years away may actually be part of a binary pair. Earendel has been gravitationally lensed.

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The Hindu

Ahead of Chandrayaan-3 lander’s soft landing ISRO assesses current situation around the moon

In the run-up to the Chandrayaan-3’s lander’s soft landing on the moon’s surface on August 23, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has carried out an assessment of the current space situation around the moon.

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What time is Virgin Galactic's Galactic-02 space tourist launch today? Here's how to watch live.

Virgin Galactic's reusable spaceplane, VSS Unity, will launch its second commercial spaceflight mission today (Aug. 10). Here's how to follow the action.

Inverse

The Aftermath of Saturn's Giant Storms Lasts for Centuries

Giant storms on the ringed planet can leave patches of ammonia trapped in the lower atmosphere for centuries, a recent study suggests.

Space

NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission is on track, but questions remain about Artemis 3

The heat shield for the Orion spacecraft is the only serious concern on NASA's Artemis 2 to-do list right now. But the Artemis 3 moon-landing mission has more open questions.

Space

The powerful winds of super magnetic stars could destroy the possibility for life on their exoplanets

Cool stars with powerful magnetic fields could have remarkably fast stellar winds that strip away their planets' atmospheres, making even "habitable zone" worlds less friendly to life.

Space

Earendel revealed: James Webb Space Telescope lifts veil on the most distant star known in the universe

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have begun getting the goods on Earendel, the most distant star ever detected.

The Independent UK

The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend and it's even better this year

The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak this weekend

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