Month: June 2022

Photos: Blue Origin’s NS-21 space tourism mission

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Image 1 of 21 (Image credit: Blue Origin) Image 1 of 21 The six NS-21 crewmembers in their flight suits pose for a crew photo. They are, from left: Victor Vescovo, Victor Correa Hespania, Katya Echazarreta, Jaison Robinson, Hamis Harding, and Evan Dick. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Image 1 of 21 The NS-21 mission on the launch pad on June 4, 2022. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Image 1 of 21 Blue Origin's NS-21 crew departs for the launch pad in two electric Riven trucks. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Image 1…

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Blue Origin launches 6 people on company’s 5th space tourism flight

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Blue Origin now has five crewed spaceflights under its belt. Jeff Bezos’ company sent six people to suborbital space today (June 4), acing its fifth human spaceflight mission and notching several milestones in the process. The action started at 9:25 a.m. EDT (1325 GMT), when Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle lifted off from Launch Site One, the company’s facility in West Texas, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the town of Van Horn.  It was all over just over 10 minutes later, when the New Shepard capsule and its six…

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Watch Blue Origin launch 6 space tourists on a New Shepard rocket early Saturday

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Blue Origin will launch six more people to the final frontier Saturday morning (June 4), and you can watch the action live. Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle is scheduled to lift off at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) from the company’s West Texas launch site, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the town of Van Horn. You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of Blue Origin, or directly via the company (opens in new tab). The webcast will start at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT). New Shepard…

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Tom Cruise returns to the danger zone in the triumphant ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ (Review)

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For those of us who’ve made it around the sun forty or more times, one of the touchstone cinematic experiences of the ’80s was Paramount Pictures’ patriotic portrayal of daredevil Naval aviators in “Top Gun.”  Directed by Tony Scott (Ridley Scott’s late brother) and released on May 16,1986, “Top Gun” was the macho movie that cemented Tom Cruise‘s legacy as a megawatt movie star that lit up the screen at Mach 2 with his hair on fire in an F-14 fighter jet. Now the sequel we never thought would happen,…

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James Webb Space Telescope coverage wins Pulitzer Prize for science writer Natalie Wolchover and Quanta

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Science writer Natalie Wolchover has received a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for her work at Quanta Magazine explaining the intricate story of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which launched in December. Wolchover is a senior writer and editor for Quanta who has been there since the magazine’s inception in 2013. From 2010 to 2012, she was a staff writer (opens in new tab) for Space.com’s sister site Live Science. The Pulitzer, awarded May 9 to the magazine with a special mention for Wolchover, was given in the category of explanatory reporting. …

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