Category: Space

Space tourism is establishing a new frontier in travel. Here's what to know about suborbital flights

Space tourism is establishing a new frontier in travel. Here’s what to know about suborbital flights

Benjamin Hughes

Private companies have launched nearly 120 civilians to the edge of space, establishing a new frontier in travel. Space tourism is no longer science fiction, but science fact.  Two companies – Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic – offer suborbital flights reaching approximately 50 to 60 miles above Earth. These journeys last

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"CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King will soon soar to space with Blue Origin. Meet the crew she's joining.

“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King will soon soar to space with Blue Origin. Meet the crew she’s joining.

Benjamin Hughes

“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King is getting ready for a life-changing trip to the edge of space on Monday. King said she’s both “terrified and excited” to step aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket alongside a history-making all-women crew, whom she called fearless and inspiring. “These women are so badass. …They have such amazing life

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Tom Hanks, Bill Nye the Science Guy and others wish Gayle King luck before Blue Origin space flight

Tom Hanks, Bill Nye the Science Guy and others wish Gayle King luck before Blue Origin space flight

Benjamin Hughes

With just days remaining before her historic journey to space on a women-led Blue Origin space flight, “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King received an emotional sendoff. “CBS Mornings” co-hosts Nate Burleson and Tony Dokoupil surprised King with a special “Talk of the Table” segment on Tuesday, sharing a short video filled with advice and well wishes

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Astronauts who were stuck in space, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, say they'd fly on Boeing's Starliner again

Astronauts who were stuck in space, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, say they’d fly on Boeing’s Starliner again

Benjamin Hughes

Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, speaking out at a news conference for the first time since returning to Earth after an extended 286-day stay in space, said Monday they did not blame Boeing for the spacecraft problems that effectively stranded them aboard the International Space Station. In fact, asked if he would fly

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Astronaut Mae Jemison on making history in space and inspiring change on Earth: "What's above us connects us"

Astronaut Mae Jemison on making history in space and inspiring change on Earth: “What’s above us connects us”

Benjamin Hughes

More than three decades after making history aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, Dr. Mae Jemison continues to inspire the next wave of space travelers while championing science and education on Earth. Selected from among 2,000 applicants to NASA’s astronaut training program in 1987, Jemison was part of the first group of astronauts chosen after the Challenger

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"CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King gears up for Blue Origin's women-led space flight in April. Here's what to know.

“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King gears up for Blue Origin’s women-led space flight in April. Here’s what to know.

Benjamin Hughes

Gayle King shares details about space launch “CBS Mornings” reveals launch plans for Gayle King’s trip to space on Blue Origin flight 02:21 For Gayle King, the sky is no longer the limit. “CBS Mornings” revealed on Thursday that the co-host will board Blue Origin’s next flight to the boundary of space in April. King will

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