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Virgin Galactic offers a peek inside SpaceShipTwo in VR, making its case in the space tourism race

GeekWire

Virgin Galactic went so far as to lend out Oculus Quest headsets to journalists, including yours truly, so we could get an advance peek at a computer-generated interior with an eye-filling view of Earth and space out the window. Let’s start with the seats, which are arranged in threes on each side of a middle aisle.

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Blue Origin teams up with Sierra Space, Boeing and others on ‘Orbital Reef’ space station project

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The plan, announced today at the International Astronautical Congress in Dubai, is among about a dozen proposals being submitted to NASA for a share of development funds under a program that’s aimed at preparing the way for replacing the International Space Station. “This isn’t an American station.

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Virgin Orbit set to try and send satellites to space for the first time

The Verge

Virgin Orbit — the sister company of billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism outfit Virgin Galactic — will try a second test of its small satellite-launching rocket later today, months after it failed to reach orbit during a first attempt. Virgin Orbit says the window for launch will last until 5PM ET. Image: Virgin Orbit.

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How to watch the countdown to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin suborbital space trip (and why)

GeekWire

PT), with Bezos and the rest of the crew sitting back in their seats, looking through the picture windows in their capsule as a hydrogen-fueled rocket booster sends them skyward. The New Shepard rocket ship is scheduled to blast off from Launch Site One’s pad at 8 a.m. But Bezos prefers to take the long view. ”

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Blue Origin sets a date for its next flight to launch people and experiments into space

GeekWire

The launch window will open at 8 a.m. The crew for the upcoming mission, known as NS-26, includes: Nicolina Elrick , a Singapore-based philanthropist and entrepreneur whose career includes roles as a fashion model, a property developer and an executive business coach.

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William Shatner’s space trek is turning up a spotlight on Blue Origin’s highs and lows

GeekWire

This week’s scheduled flight is just one small step toward Bezos’ vision: Like the first crewed flight in July, it’ll involve going up to a height beyond the 100-kilometer (62-mile) space boundary for a few minutes of weightlessness and a picture-window view of the curving Earth beneath the black sky of space.

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Blue Origin flies its first crew in 21 months — and writes another page in space history

GeekWire

After the capsule’s separation from the booster, the spacefliers experienced a few minutes of zero-gravity and gazed out through New Shepard’s giant windows. based Blue Origin is developing an orbital-class New Glenn rocket that could have its first launch from Florida later this year.

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