Space exploration has become a huge topic in recent years. However, growing concerns for the environment and space travel have continued as space launches increase. Here is everything you need to know about space travel and it’s impacts on the planet.
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Jeff Bezos is Going to Space on Blue Origin’s First Human Flight in July
Amazon billionaire, Jeff Bezos is going to space on Blue Origins first human flight this summer! Not only is Bezos heading to outer space, he will be accompanied by his brother, Mark. Here is everything we know so far!
Twitter Rips Amazon Billionaire For Trolling SpaceX
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos trolled SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Twitter after SpaceX managed to launch a rocket into space and successfully bring back the booster. But the public wasn’t exactly pleased with the trolling […]
The Hyperloop Is Nothing Compared To High-Speed Rails
While the Hyperloop might look like a good idea on paper, the lightning-fast transportation system might not be all it’s cracked up to be. The innovative travel method would allow for transportation between Los Angeles […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch: Take Two
SpaceX, the privately held rocket company owned and run by technology guru Elon Musk, plans to return its Falcon 9 rocket to flight with the launch of an upgraded Falcon 9, sometimes called Falcon 9 […]
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Beats Elon Musk With Breakthrough Upright Rocket Landing
Not only is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ online retail company’s pre-Black Friday sales sky rocketing, his actual rocket ship has also achieved a major breakthrough by traveling into outer space and then re-entering earth, landing […]
SpaceX Joins Boeing In Receiving NASA Contract To Launch Humans Into Space
SpaceX, the privately held rocket company owned and run by technology kingpin Elon Musk, has reason to celebrate. NASA has finally given the company clearance to carry United States astronauts to the International Space Station […]
SpaceX Will Receive Lucrative Military Contract After ULA Can’t Make Compliant Bid
SpaceX is most likely going to win a lucrative contract with the United States Air Force to launch a critical GPS satellite. SpaceX was the only company that submitted an application. The United Launch Alliance […]
Musk’s SpaceX Looking To win Military Bid As Rival Boeing-Lockheed Martin Exit
California based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) looks set to win its first U.S. military satellite launch contract after the only other serious bidder, the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture, pulled out of the race. A […]
SpaceX Facing Serious Competition As More Companies Vie For Lucrative NASA Contract
The space exploration company SpaceX is facing stiff competition to maintain its contract in conducting cargo missions for NASA. Rivals of SpaceX, including Boeing, Sierra Nevada and Orbital ATK are all trying to get in […]
SpaceX Being Sued By Former Employee For Allegedly Failing To Provide Overtime Compensation
A former employee of SpaceX has filed a lawsuit against the space exploration company saying that he was not properly compensated for overtime work. According to Stan Saporito, SpaceX owes him money for overtime hours […]
Amazon Billionaire Bezos Makes Major Rocket Investment In Florida
The private space travel company Blue Origin, backed by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, will reportedly invest $200 million in Florida in order to make the state the basis of its operations. The expansion by the […]
Heavyweight Space Contractors Team Up With Blue Origin To Fight Threat Posed By SpaceX
The U.S. military’s largest supplier of rockets, United Launch Alliance (ULA), announced on Thursday the acceleration of their work with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ space firm Blue Origin. The two companies had previously agreed to […]
SpaceX Will Return To Space With An Upgraded Version Of Its Falcon 9 Rocket
SpaceX, the privately held rocket company owned and by technology guru Elon Musk, plans to return its Falcon 9 rocket to flight in a few months with the launch of an upgraded Falcon 9, sometimes […]
Once Ridiculed Hyperloop Transportation System Is Quickly Becoming Reality
Elon Musk’s vision for the future of transportation has taken another step toward reality, as Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced a serious new contract to work with Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum (OLV) and engineering firm Aecom […]
SpaceX Delays Heavy Rocket Until 2016 In Wake Of Launch Failure
Elon Musk, SpaceX chief, announced that the company will delay the launch of their new rocket that is supposed to be the most powerful in the world. The news came during a briefing given by […]
Commercial Rocket Startup SpaceX Prepares For Third Try At Reusable Rocket
Elon Musk’s rocketry outfit SpaceX is hard at work this week preparing for its third attempt to land its all-original Falcon 9 rocket booster on a barge anchored at sea. The attempt will take place […]
America Is Going Back To Space! NASA Sets Date For First Manned Space Flight Since 2011
NASA is getting closer to “returning America’s ability to launch crew missions to the International Space Station from the United States” as it awarded a contract yesterday to aerospace giant Boeing for commercial crew rotation […]
SpaceX Now Certified To Launch Military Satellites
After a lengthy dispute between Elon Musk and the U.S. Air Force, SpaceX has finally been certified for military space missions, wedging its way into what had been a tightly held monopoly by a Lockheed […]
SpaceX Test Brings America One Step Closer To Returning To Manned Spaceflight
Rocket startup SpaceX blasted a test dummy a mile into the sky early Wednesday in a crucial test of the company’s plan to launch humans into orbit. The test capsule was launched from Florida’s Cape […]
SpaceX Has Competition: Blue Origin Successful In First Test
The golden age of rocketry may be upon us. Billionaires who made quick dot-com cash successfully launching commercial rockets is officially a trend, now that Jeff Bezos, of Amazon fame, has followed in the footsteps […]
Russians Lose Control Of Space Station Re-Supply Ship
Russia has lost control of its Progress cargo capsule that was scheduled to deliver 6,000 lbs of supplies to the International Space Station this morning. The spacecraft is tumbling around Earth as controllers try to […]