July 29, 2021 Russian lab module docks with space station after 8-day trip Russia's lab module successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday.
July 20, 2021 Actress Kristen Johnston slams Jeff Bezos' spaceman showmanship amid Blue Origin liftoff, return “You know what would’ve actually been big d--k energy? If he cleared every teachers’ Amazon lists,” actress Kristen Johnston tweeted on Tuesday of the Blue Origin founder’s liftoff and return back to earth.
July 20, 2021 Jeff Bezos roasted for thanking Amazon employees, customers for paying for spaceflight: 'I'd like a refund' Jeff Bezos thanked Amazon employees and customers for subsidizing his Blue Origin spaceflight.
July 20, 2021 How Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin crew trained for historic spaceflight Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will launch the first crewed mission on its New Shepard suborbital rocket on Tuesday morning, taking the richest person in the world and three others to the edge of space.
July 14, 2021 Richard Branson says critics are 'not fully educated' on benefits of space travel Billionaire Richard Branson pushed back against critics of his recent trip to space, suggesting they simply "aren’t fully educated" on the benefits space exploration offers Earth.
July 11, 2021 Veteran NASA Astronaut Tom Jones: Virgin Galactic's historic spaceflight opens ‘the door to space tourism’ Veteran NASA Astronaut Tom Jones asserted on “Fox News Live” on Sunday that Virgin Galactic's historic spaceflight opens “the door to space tourism.”
July 4, 2021 Chinese astronauts make first spacewalk outside new station Two astronauts on Sunday made the first spacewalk outside China’s new orbital station to set up cameras and other equipment using a 15-meter-long (50-foot-long) robotic arm.
June 19, 2021 Challenger crew likely survived explosion before tragic plunge to Earth, book claims Details about one of the US space program's darkest moments are revealed in "The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA’s Challenger."
June 17, 2021 Chinese crew enters new space station module for 3-month mission Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo successfully entered the Tianhe space station module.
June 11, 2021 Photos show China's Mars rover on red planet The dusty, rocky Martian surface and a Chinese rover and lander bearing small national flags were seen in photos released Friday that the rover took on the red planet.