Virgin Galactic spaceplane reaches space with first passenger on board
• https://www.theverge.com, By Loren GrushAstronaut trainer Beth Moses tagged along for the ride
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Nusantara Satu Mission
• https://www.youtube.com, SpaceXSpaceX is targeting Thursday, February 21 for launch of the Nusantara Satu satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
First Privately Funded Lunar Landing Mission - 'Beresheet'
• https://www.youtube.comApollo, project conducted by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the 1960s and '70s that landed the first humans on the Moon. In May 1961 Pres. John F. Kennedy committed America to landing astronauts on the Moon by 1970
SpaceX Starship and The Von Braun Rotating Space Station
• https://www.youtube.comThe Von Braun rotating space station will be the first commercial space construction project in history. It will be serviced by the SpaceX Starship and be designed to accommodate national space agency laboratories, billionaires who want to own proper
SpaceX's Crew Dragon scheduled for first trip to orbit
• https://newatlas.com, Nick LavarsFollowing a series of delays and setbacks, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft is finally set for proper lift-off, with NASA today announcing it is targeting March 2 for the spacecraft's maiden voyage into orbit.
First Privately Funded Lunar Landing Mission - 'Beresheet'
• https://www.youtube.com, Scott ManleySpaceIl was one of the frontrunners in the Google Lunar X-Prize, but nobody win the prize because the deadline passed.
The Rivalry of SpaceX & Blue Origin || Over 10 Years of Poaching, Patents & Tweets
• https://www.youtube.com, NeoScribeYears before SpaceX or Blue Origin achieved any success, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos met for dinner one night in 2004.
An Up-Close Look at the New Space Race
• By E.B. Tucker, editor, Strategic InvestorThe most powerful weapon in the world is surprise. Even the biggest adversary stands the chance of defeat if properly caught off guard. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union surprised every American… from the common man, all the way up to, and es
British Rocketmaker Orbex Unveils Prototype of Small-Satellite Launcher
• https://www.space.comFORRES, SCOTLAND -- Orbex, a United Kingdom-based rocket startup, just unveiled part of its new Prime small-satellite launcher, which the company hopes will be lofting spacecraft into low-Earth orbit from the north of Scotland at a rate of one a mon
NASA WANTS SPEEDY DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL LUNAR LANDERS
• https://www.spaceflightinsider.com, DEREK RICHARDSNASA emphasized speed and openness in a recent industry forum for the development of commercial lunar lander systems to get cargo and eventually humans to the Moon's surface.
SpaceX Casting Raptor Engine Parts from Supersteel Alloys
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangSpaceX is developing stronger steel superalloys. SpaceX is making improved versions of Inconel alloys.
China Plans Space Based Solar Power
• https://www.nextbigfuture.comChina plans to build and launch small to medium-sized solar power stations into the stratosphere to generate electricity between 2021 and 2025. The next step will be a Megawatt-level space solar power station in 2030.China plans to build and launch s
First private Israel lunar mission to be launched this week
• https://www.apnews.com By ILAN BEN ZIONA nonprofit Israeli consortium said Monday that it hopes to make history this week by launching the first private aircraft to land on the moon.
China Aiming to Establish a Power Station in Space by 2025
• http://fortune.com, By BLOOMBERGChina's space ambitions are shifting into a higher orbit.
Gateway Foundation Simplifies What is Still an Ambitious Space Station
• https://www.nextbigfuture.comGateway Spaceport is a membership funded organization that wants to create next-generation space stations.
Elon Musk Believes Super Heavy Starship Will Eventually Be Built for Less than Falcon 9
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangElon Musk believes there is a path for the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship (SHS) to be built for less than a Falcon 9.
Moon Rush: NASA Wants Commercial Lunar Delivery Services to Start This Year
• https://www.space.comNASA is eager to get back to the surface of the moon. In November, the agency tagged nine American companies as eligible to bid on delivering robotic NASA payloads to the moon, via Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts. Thursday (Feb. 1
SpaceX Protests NASA Launch Contract Award
• https://www.space.comWASHINGTON -- SpaceX has filed a protest over the award of a launch contract to United Launch Alliance for a NASA planetary science mission, claiming it could carry out the mission for significantly less money.
Liquid lake on Mars might be evidence the Red Planet is still volcanically active
• https://newatlas.comLast year we got some big news from the Red Planet - a huge lake of liquid water was apparently found beneath the ice at the Martian south pole. Building on that, a new study has now examined how it might have gotten there, and concluded that there
SpaceX Will Soon Pour Pavement for Starhopper Launchpad
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangAustin Barnard reports that SpaceX will soon pour the pavement for the StarHopper Launchpad.
Moon Bases, Orbital Bases and the Start of Mars Colonization by 2040
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangOne of Elon Musk's speeches was animated by After Skool. Elon discussed how societal and technological progress is not inevitable.
Elon Musk and Others Plan the Details for a City on Mars
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangElon Musk wrote a 16-page article that described a plan to reduce the cost to bring one person to Mars down to $100,000.
Tickets to Mars Will Eventually Cost Less Than $500,000, Elon Musk Says
• https://www.space.comSpaceX's Mars ships won't be ferrying just the super rich to and from the Red Planet, if everything goes according to Elon Musk's plan.
Joseph Gordon Levitts interviews Elon Musk + Dubai Interview
• https://www.youtube.comFirst interview is from 2016, second interview is from 2018.
SpaceX Could Make Several Starlink Satellite Launches in 2019
• https://www.nextbigfuture.comJeff Foust reported on twitter that Jonathan Hofeller, SpaceX VP of Commercial Sales, said that SpaceX would try to set a new record for launches in 2019. This would mean having 22 or more launches because SpaceX had 21 successful missions in 2018. T
Jeff Bezos SHOCKING REPLY TO Elon Musk On Mars Colonization And AI
• https://www.youtube.comJeff Bezos interview on Blue Origin and Space Travel...
Richard Branson says he'll fly to space by July
• https://phys.org, AFPBritish billionaire Richard Branson plans to travel to space within the next four or five months aboard his own Virgin Galactic spaceship, he told AFP Thursday.
World's Largest 3D Printed Rocket Engine
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian WangSpace startup Orbex has revealed the world's largest 3D printed rocket engine.
Space-Based Technocracy: Asgardia Exceeds 1,000,000 Citizens
• https://www.technocracy.news, BY: SCOTT BOYDA video came out about five months ago that detailed the nation of Asgardia, a newly formed technocracy that is based in space. Their sovereign "lands" are a space station currently in low Earth orbit and their citizens are spread around the worl
U.S. Military Warns of Threat From Chinese-Run Space Station in Argentina
• https://foreignpolicy.com, BY LARA SELIGMANDefense officials are worried about a remote compound Beijing says helped it land on the far side of the moon.
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