A reality show wants to send its winning contestant to the ISS
The idea is currently being mooted by a production company.
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SpaceX's next Starship prototype will try a 60,000-foot return flight
SN8 will also be the first Starship with a nosecone.
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Space startup Astra's first orbital rocket launch ends prematurely
It wasn't expecting to reach orbit, but it was still hoping for better.
'AGOS: A Game of Space' is Ubisoft's interstellar VR adventure
It comes out on Steam and Oculus Rift Store on October 28th.
NASA will pay private companies to collect Moon dirt samples
NASA wants to study the space rocks before it sends astronauts to the lunar surface.
Blue Origin has been trying to get the hell off this planet for 20 years now
The company hopes to put the next few generations of Earthlings into orbit.
Virgin Galactic's last round of SpaceShipTwo tests begins October 22nd
It plans to fly Sir Richard Branson to space after these tests are done.
China says it landed a reusable spacecraft after a two-day flight
The project is even more secretive than the US Air Force's X-37B.
White House issues 'SPD-5' cybersecurity policy for space
A new directive for space systems lays out a few security guidelines.
Astronomers spot a super-rare class of black hole for the first time
Never before has an intermediate-mass black hole been directly observed.
A tiny space rock holds clues about the evolution of life
Meteorite Asuka 12236 may pre-date our solar system.
Rocket Lab will resume launches no sooner than August 27th
It's returning to action several weeks after a high-profile failure.
Recent damage to the Arecibo telescope could keep it offline for months
Crews are still assessing the damage caused by a broken cable.
Hitting the Books: Volcanoes, mortal enemy of the mighty telescope
How are we supposed to survey the cosmos with all this vog in the way?
Puerto Rico’s Arecibo radio telescope suffers serious damage
A broken cable caused a 100-foot-long gash in the world's second-largest telescope.
SpaceX Crew Dragon completes historic mission with an ocean landing
The first crewed private capsule spaceflight has ended successfully.
Hitting the Books: Why women make better astronauts
And yet it took two decades to put a woman into orbit.