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Virgin Galactic restarting space tickets from $450,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 09:30 AM

WASHINGTON - After flying its founder Richard Branson to space, Virgin Galactic is restarting ticket sales beginning at $450,000, the company announced Thursday. Read more »

Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract

Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 08:36 AM

Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon. Read more »

How can you become a space tourist?

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 08:47 AM

Thrill-seekers will soon be able to get their adrenaline kicks -- and envy-inducing Instagram snaps -- from the final frontier, as space tourism finally lifts off.    Read more »

WATCH: The moment Jeff Bezos, companions realize they were in space

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 04:13 AM

Jeff Bezos on Tuesday shared a video of the moment he and his three other companions onboard Blue Origin's New Shepard realized they are in space.   Read more »

‘Best day ever’: Billionaire Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt

Eric M. Johnson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 21 02:54 AM

The historic suborbital flight that helps to inaugurate a new era of private commercial space tourism. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 20, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:06 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Jeff Bezos, astronaut

Handout, Blue Origin via AFP
Posted at Jul 20 11:50 PM

This still image taken from video by Blue Origin shows Jeff Bezos (C), Wally Funk (R) and Oliver Daemen (L) after Blue Origin's reusable New Shepard craft capsule returned from space, safely landing on Tuesday, in Van Horn, Texas. Read more »

'Not really nervous': Billionaire Bezos girds for inaugural space flight

Eric M. Johnson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 09:19 AM

American billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos said on Monday he is excited and curious but not very nervous on the eve of taking part in his company Blue Origin's inaugural suborbital flight alongside the oldest and youngest people ever bound for space. Read more »

Blue Origin sees clear skies for inaugural space flight by Bezos and crewmates

Eric M. Johnson, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 19 11:25 AM

Billionaire American businessman Jeff Bezos and his three crewmates are engaging in a crash course of training on Monday in preparation for his company Blue Origin's inaugural flight to the edge of space planned for Tuesday. Read more »

Teenager to fly with Bezos in inaugural space tourism flight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 11:41 AM

An 18-year-old physics student whose father heads an investment management firm is set to take the place of a person who put up $28 million in an auction to take part in the inaugural space tourism flight for billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company. Read more »

US approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight

Eric M. Johnson and David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 08:43 AM

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. Read more »

Race to space: Richard Branson beats Jeff Bezos in historic ‘edge of space’ flight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 11:09 AM

Richard Branson completed his first flight to the edge of space aboard his own Virgin Galactic aircraft, ahead of rival Blue Origins founder Jeff Bezos who also revealed plans for a similar journey.  Read more »

'Experience of a lifetime': Billionaire Branson achieves space dream

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 12 04:02 AM

British billionaire Richard Branson flew into space Sunday aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, a voyage he described as the "experience of a lifetime" -- and one he hopes will usher in an era of lucrative space tourism. Read more »

Bezos leaves enduring legacy as he steps away as Amazon CEO

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 05 11:11 AM

Jeff Bezos, 57, was set to hand over the job of Amazon chief executive on Monday to Andy Jassy and turn his attention to his private space exploration firm, philanthropy and other endeavors. He will retain a key role, however, as executive chair at the technology and e-commerce colossus he founded 27 years ago.   Read more »

Higit 10k pumirma sa petisyong huwag pabalikin sa Earth si Amazon founder Bezos

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 07:17 AM

Nakatakdang umalis si Bezos at tatlong iba pang "space tourists" para lumabas sa daigdig sakay ng New Shepard sa Hulyo 20. Read more »

Trip to space with Jeff Bezos sells for $28 million

Cyril Julien, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 08:47 AM

A mystery bidder paid $28 million at auction Saturday for a seat alongside Jeff Bezos on board the first crewed spaceflight of the billionaire's company Blue Origin next month.   Read more »

Amazon's Jeff Bezos to go to space on Blue Origin rocket

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 08 11:29 AM

Bezos announced plans on Monday to fly into space next month on a rocket built by his company Blue Origin, fulfilling what he said was a lifelong dream.   Read more »

Blue Origin opens bidding for first space tourism trip in July

Eric M. Johnson, Reuters
Posted at May 06 08:33 AM

SEATTLE - Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, said on Wednesday it is targeting July 20 for its first suborbital sightseeing trip on its New Shepard spacecraft, a landmark moment in a competition to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel.   Read more »

Elon Musk trolls Jeff Bezos, as space race between world's richest men heats up

Reuters
Posted at Apr 28 05:10 AM

The two billionaires were competing for a coveted contract from government to build a spaceship to deliver astronauts to the moon as early as 2024.   Read more »

Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon's surface

Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 10:05 AM

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface, the billionaire said on Friday as NASA nears a decision to pick its first privately built lunar landers capable of sending astronauts to the moon by 2024.   Read more »