Spaceflight

Star Trek's Captain Kirk actor William Shatner to journey to space next week in Blue Origins' second flight

Jeff Bezos is a huge fan of the sci-fi series and even had a cameo as a high-ranking alien in the 2016 film “Star Trek Beyond” so his company invited Shatner to fly as its guest.

It's a blast off! SpaceX launches world’s first ‘amateur astronaut’ crew to orbit Earth

The launch marks biggest advancement so far in space tourism as Elon Musk’s company conducts first chartered passenger flight

SpaceX launches Inspiration4 into orbit, the first all-civilian crew on private Earth-circling trip

The recycled Falcon rocket soared from the same Kennedy Space Center pad used by the company's three previous astronaut flights for NASA

From a billionaire to a cancer survivor, meet crew members aboard SpaceX flight

A billionaire, Jared Isaacman, is behind the project. It was he who chartered the mission, at his own expense, inviting three anonymous people to join him, via a rather original selection process

Nora al-Matrooshi will soon start training to become UAE's first female astronaut

Nora al-Matrooshi and her fellow countryman, Mohammad al-Mulla will later this year head to the United States to train at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Virgin Galactic will launch science communicator Kellie Gerardi into space

She will study the effects of spaceflight on astronauts in real-time using a biomonitor system.

Virgin Galactic reaches edge of Earth's atmosphere for the first time with two pilots

Founder Sir Richard Branson said this brings the roughly 15-year-old venture tantalizingly close to commercial flights for tourists.

ISRO's SSLV rocket's first stage solid motor fails its static test pushing back launch timeline

Asked how long it may take for ISRO to complete the two static tests, an official said: "Maybe six months".

SpaceX's Starship SN10 lifts off, flips mid-air, sticks landing before exploding during flight test

The two earlier prototypes reached a similar altitude in December and February, before slammed into the ground.

Virgin Orbit rocket launched from 747 wing deploys nine CubeSats in successful second attempt

The rocket’s upper stage coasted for some time, reignited to circularize its orbit, and later deployed the nine CubeSats.