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NASA is not selling space vacations directly, but allowing commercial companies to arrange such trips. The agency plans to charge the companies about $35,000 a night for use of the stations facilities, including air and water. The tourist companies would cha…

NASA plans to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020 – at an estimated cost of more than $50 million (£39 million) per trip. Until now, the floating space lab has only been accessible to astronauts representing state-level space ag…

Nasa is to offer tourists the chance to visit the International Space Station from next year, it was revealed today. Private astronaut trips of up to 30 days will be available to the public from 2020. The space agency revealed its plans to commercialise the…

In the realm of rocket geeks and space nerds, filmmakers MaryLiz Bender and Ryan Chylinski have dream jobs. The pair have the equivalent of “backstage passes” to SpaceX, NASA and ULA rocket launches where they capture and share breathtaking videos that convey…

(MENAFN - PR Newswire) HOUSTON, June 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Veteran NASA astronaut Michael Good is retiring from NASA after flying two space shuttle missions and helping the Commercial Crew Program get off the ground. After 35 years of government service in …

The promise of today’s nascent communications satellite constellations is real: connecting everyone on the globe, no exceptions. But the dark side, or rather bright side, of these satellites threatens to pollute the sky with innumerable points of moving light…

By Alan Devall HOUSTON (Reuters) - The first U.S. astronauts chosen to fly aboard a SpaceX capsule built for NASA shrugged off a spate of design and test mishaps, saying such setbacks were "part of the process" and the new technology was far more advanced th…

SpaceX launched its 17th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station on May 6, 2019. The Dragon cargo spacecraft arrived at the station two days later and docked at the Harmony module, where it remained for one month before returning to Earth wi…

Astronomers are concerned that SpaceX’s satellites will streak across the sky Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory By Leah Crane We are entering the age of satellite constellations, and astronomers are worried. On 23 May, SpaceX launched 60 communications sa…

WASHINGTON — SpaceX has raised over $1 billion in new capital this year as it embarks on the deployment of its Starlink broadband constellation, according to regulatory filings published Friday. The launch provider turned satellite operator raised $486.2 mil…