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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin does it again: Used rocket goes into space and lands intact

Posted on January 23, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent up its New Shepard suborbital spaceship on another flight test to outer-space altitudes today, and brought it back to a safe landing. The uncrewed flight at Bezos’ West Texas test...

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Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ribs space billionaires amid Blue Origin buzz

Posted on January 23, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture may have done another flight test, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is making waves with its rocket progress – but don’t forget about Richard Branson. “Our spaceship comes back and lands on wheels. Theirs don’t,” the billionaire founder of Virgin...

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Scott Kelly plays ping-pong in space and we’re all winners

Posted on January 22, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

Playing ping pong in space. (credit: NASA)

Scott Kelly and his Russian colleague, Mikhail Kornienko, hit the 300-day mark on board the International Space Station on Thursday, and they're now less than two months away from flying home in a Soyuz capsule.

To celebrate the milestone, Kelly sent down a nifty little video in which he uses...

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Above the world in 80 minutes: Balloon company will fly to the edge of space

Posted on January 20, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

Who wouldn't want to see space from the comfort of a balloon capsule? (credit: World View)

There are balloon rides, and then there are balloon rides. And although it may sound like something out of a Jules Verne novel, a company called World View says it will begin taking passengers to the edge of outer space by...

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Stephen Hawking: Mad scientists could kill us all – that’s why we need space colonies

Posted on January 20, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

British physicist Stephen Hawking says we need to colonize other worlds because humanity will almost certainly face a disaster on Earth sometime in the next few millennia – perhaps a disaster of our own making. Among the risks he outlined in a...

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Not again! Astronaut’s leaky helmet forces early end to spacewalk at space station

Posted on January 16, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

Today’s spacewalk at the International Space Station was called off early when NASA astronaut Tim Kopra reported a small bubble of water inside his spacesuit helmet. NASA commentator Rob Navias said the crew “was never in any danger at all.” Kopra and his fellow...

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Bill would create Washington state space exploration center to boost fledgling industry

Posted on January 15, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

Spaceflight’s SHERPA In-Space Tug offers a platform for hosting payloads for periods up to three years

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill is in play in Washington state Legislature to get the state government deeply involved in nurturing Washington’s fledgling space-exploration industry. The bipartisan House bill by Rep. Jeff...

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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle will join NASA’s space cargo fleet

Posted on January 15, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

NASA says it will add Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser space glider to its cargo-carrying lineup of robotic spaceships as early as 2019. It’s likely to be the first winged vehicle to fly in orbit since the space shuttle fleet’s retirement in...

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NASA signals commitment to private space with $14 billion investment

Posted on January 15, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

The Dream Chaser would allow NASA to reclaim some of its space shuttle heritage. (credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation)

Today, NASA awarded a new round of contracts to supply the International Space Station with food, water, and scientific research from late 2019 through 2024.

The space agency both expanded the number of companies providing services from two to three,...

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Space ventures get shout-outs in State of the State Address – and State of the Union

Posted on January 13, 2016 by verx in Science & patent news

Even though they happened far from the Evergreen State, last year’s Pluto flyby and the rocket landings accomplished by Blue Origin and SpaceX were among the “big moments” mentioned today in Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s State of...

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