Tag: Space for Humanity
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It’s a date: Blue Origin gets set to launch space crew that will mark milestone for Portugal and Egypt
Blue Origin reveals its latest crew list, with launch set for Aug. 4. (Blue Origin Photo) Update: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s aiming to launch its next suborbital space mission on Aug. 4, sending up a six-person crew that includes the first Egyptian and Portuguese spacefliers. Liftoff is due to take place…
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Space investor Dylan Taylor reserves a spot for payload on Xplore’s first space mission
An artist’s conception shows Xplore’s Xcraft probe near the moon. (Xplore Illustration) Seattle-based Xplore says space investor and philanthropist Dylan Taylor plans to reserve payload space on its first mission beyond Earth orbit, on behalf of a nonprofit group he founded. Taylor, the chairman and CEO of Colorado-based Voyager Space Holdings, said in a news…
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Space for Humanity sends out a global call for citizen astronauts with a cause
An artist’s conception shows two high-flying travelers looking at the curving Earth below. (World View Enterprises Illuastration via Space for Humanity) RENTON, Wash. — Space for Humanity is looking for more than a few good astronauts. The Colorado-based nonprofit group today opened up an online application process for expense-paid trips to the edge of space,…