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Monaco Students attend ELEVATE Monte-Carlo

ELEVATE Monte-Carlo Space Conference for Children

November 7, 2022 |

Colonel Ron Garan visited the Principality upon the initiation of Monaco resident Zsolt Szemerszky, to meet and greet the future generation. Local students and children enjoyed an exciting and insightful presentation about space and had the chance to ask the former-NASA Astronaut their most intriguing questions. Ron Garan held a public conference inspiring the guests with amazing…

Axiom Astronaut to Conduct Research and Train for International Space Station on Future Virgin Galactic Flight

November 4, 2022 |

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (the “Company” or “Virgin Galactic”), an aerospace and space travel company, today announced an agreement with Axiom Space, a U.S.-based commercial space company, to support a microgravity research and training mission. The Virgin Galactic spaceflight, tentatively scheduled for next year, will prepare an Axiom Space astronaut for an upcoming…

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Commercial space station developers seek clarity on regulations

October 15, 2022 |

Companies working on commercial space stations intended to succeed the International Space Station say they need more clarity from the federal government on who will regulate them and how. During panel discussions at the Beyond Earth Symposium here Oct. 13, representatives of several of the companies working on commercial space stations said they have to…

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Space tourist Dennis Tito books two seats to the moon on SpaceX Starship

October 14, 2022 |

The first person to pay his way into space has now bought two tickets to the moon. Tito and his wife are booked on a week-long mission that will dip in close to the lunar surface. Dennis Tito, who in 2001 became the first privately-funded space tourist to fly to the International Space Station, revealed…

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Axiom Space Wins $1.26 Billion NASA Spacesuit Development Contract

October 8, 2022 |

Commercial space leader Axiom Space today announced it has been awarded the first task order of NASA’s Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) Contract. Under the terms of the task order, which has a base value of $228.5 million, the Houston-based company will build the space agency’s next generation astronaut spacesuits to support the Artemis lunar missions. The…

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“In Garan’s case—the message is how the rest of us can put his lessons to use. The Orbital Perspective could wind up being the most important tale ever told from space.” - Jeffrey Kluger, TIME.