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DFNN eyes investments in space technology, data centers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 11:00 AM

Listed gaming technology platform DFNN Inc on Wednesday said it would invest in data centers and space technologies to expand its business. Read more »

2021: Space tourism, flights on Mars, China's rise

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 30 11:10 AM

From the Mars Ingenuity helicopter's first powered flight on another world to the launch of the James Webb telescope that will peer into the earliest epoch of the Universe, 2021 was a huge year for humanity's space endeavors. Read more »

Prince William tells space tourists: Fix Earth instead

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 05:34 PM

Britain's Prince William has launched an attack on space tourism, urging more attention on problems closer to home. Read more »

With 'Captain Kirk' aboard, Blue Origin to return to space

Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 07:05 PM

As one of four passengers selected for the flight, William Shatner, at age 90, is poised to become the oldest person ever to venture into space. Read more »

SpaceX tourists talk to Tom Cruise from orbit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 07:59 AM

Four space tourists orbiting the Earth in a SpaceX capsule talked to movie star Tom Cruise on Friday about life aboard the spacecraft. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 16, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 12:06 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Inspiration 4 off to space

Steve Nesius, Reuters
Posted at Sep 16 09:11 AM

The Inspiration 4 civilian crew aboard a Crew Dragon capsule and SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Wednesday. Read more »

US grounds Virgin Galactic after space flight 'mishap'

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 05:37 AM

The FAA is grounding space flights by Virgin Galactic while investigating why the mission carrying Richard Branson deviated from its planned trajectory. 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 »

'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 »

Virgin Galactic's Branson ready for space launch aboard rocket plane

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Jul 11 03:54 PM

British billionaire Richard Branson was due on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and soar more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert in the vehicle's first fully crewed test flight to the edge of space. Read more »

Bezos, Branson and Musk: Who is winning the space tourism race?

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 07 08:39 AM

Three billionaire entrepreneurs - Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson - are each vying to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. 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 »