"Space is hard - but worth it," Richard Branson wrote after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashed in October 2014, killing one of the pilots. Now the company is making good on that mantra, having launched its first test flight since the tragic incident. (more…)
On Monday, Jeff Bezos revealed an ambitious plan to launch some of the largest rockets ever designed "before the end of this decade." Blue Origin - Bezos’ privately aerospace company - will design and build two types of 'New Glenn' rockets, which are named after John Glenn (the first American to orbit Earth) and will tower over the rocket systems planned by SpaceX, an aerospace company founded by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. (more…)
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