by Jim Heath | Oct 4, 2021 | Entertainment, Headlines, Space
Captain Kirk is headed to space. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced today actor William Shatner, 90, will be on the next Blue Origin flight alongside Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations, Chris Boshuizen and Glen de...
by Jim Heath | Jul 19, 2021 | Headlines, Space
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, is about to launch himself on a supersonic joyride to the edge of space. He’ll be flying aboard New Shepard, a suborbital capsule and rocket system built by his space company Blue Origin. He’s also bringing along...
by Jim Heath | Jun 7, 2021 | Headlines, Space
Jeff Bezos will launch into space next month on the first human flight for New Shepard, the rocket created by his space flight company Blue Origin. Bezos, the richest person in the world, announced in an Instagram post on Monday that he will fly to space on July 20...
by Jim Heath | May 21, 2021 | Headlines, Space
In a flier distributed on Capitol Hill last week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX warned that legislation now being considered would reward “Jeff Bezos with a $10 billion sole-source hand-out” that would tie up NASA’s moon plans and hand “space leadership to China.” Bezos’s Blue...
by Jim Heath | Apr 30, 2021 | Headlines, Space
NASA’s little Mars helicopter has gotten a reprieve. Instead of wrapping up flight tests at the beginning of May, NASA is giving its Ingenuity helicopter at least an extra month to tackle tough new terrain and serve as a scout for its companion rover, Perseverance....
by Jim Heath | Apr 9, 2021 | Headlines, Space
OneWeb and SpaceX, the powerhouses in the internet satellite industry, had dangerously close encounter last weekend that was out of this world. Two satellites from each firm came within 190 feet of each other in orbit April 4, which sparked several ‘red alerts’ from...
