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Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship aces uncrewed rehearsal for crewed flight to space

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If the program goes as hoped, Blue Origin could start flying people later this year. There’s even a defogging system for the capsule’s nearly floor-to-ceiling windows. About a minute after launch, the craft was programmed to rotate at the rate of one complete turn every two to three minutes.

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It’s a date! Comedian Pete Davidson will headline Blue Origin suborbital space trip next week

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SpaceKids participates in the Postcards to Space program led by the Club for the Future, Blue Origin’s educational foundation. The mission will mark the 20th flight for Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital space program, and the fourth crewed flight. Marc and Sharon Hagle are husband and wife.

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‘Mercury 13’ woman aviator Wally Funk will ride with Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin suborbital space trip

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She was already a professional aviator when she volunteered for the privately funded Women in Space research program in 1961 at the age of 21. The program, which had the support of NASA but was not officially sponsored by the government, ran 13 women through the medical and psychological tests that NASA used for its male astronauts.

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Star Trek’s William Shatner finally reaches the final frontier in Blue Origin spaceship

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Shatner and the others had a few minutes to get out of their seats, float in zero-G and gaze at the curving Earth through the capsule’s picture windows. So far, New Shepard seems to be the most successful element of Blue Origin’s multi-pronged space program. The New Shepard rocket booster comes in for an autonomous landing.

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‘Best day ever!’ Blue Origin sends Jeff Bezos on suborbital trip with oldest and youngest spacefliers

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For the first time, actual people were able to unstrap themselves from their seats in the New Shepard capsule, gaze through the wide-angle windows at the Earth below, and float around the cabin in zero gravity for a few minutes. The Federal Aviation Administration, in contrast, uses a 50-mile standard.

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The future of cities, according to the experts

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That will likely mean more of an emphasis on other revenue streams, like food, entertainment, tourism , and, importantly, converting office spaces to other uses — especially housing. Many office building footprints are extremely large, making it basically impossible for each apartment to have necessities like windows.

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Blue Origin teams up with Sierra Space, Boeing and others on ‘Orbital Reef’ space station project

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The plan, announced today at the International Astronautical Congress in Dubai, is among about a dozen proposals being submitted to NASA for a share of development funds under a program that’s aimed at preparing the way for replacing the International Space Station. “This isn’t an American station.

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