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Starliner delayed again, and its launch window may close soon

Enlarge / Close-up of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule, white room attached, atop the mighty Atlas V launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-41. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) For a week leading up the much-anticipated launch of Boeing’s Starliner test flight on Tuesday, officials with NASA and the aerospace company said the spacecraft and its Atlas V […]

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Blue Origin opens an auction for a seat on its suborbital rocket flights

Enlarge / Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle is a capsule with a view. (credit: Blue Origin) On Wednesday, Blue Origin officially announced that its first crewed flight to space is targeted for July 20, suggesting that its extended period of test flights is finally coming to an end. Rather than simply placing a seat on […]