The launch of the latest Blue Origin flight, called NS-36, will be live streamed on the company’s website. Ticket prices for the 10-minute jaunt are estimated to be between $200,000 to $300,000, however one seat on the first flight was auctioned for $28 million.

"Oh my God, oh my God!" Karagussova could be heard exclaiming as they reached space. She and her crewmates had dubbed themselves the "Space Nomads" for the flight, as each Blue Origin crew picks its own nickname, the company said.

Chinese scientists discovered a novel strain of bacterium with “unique abilities” that allowed it to thrive on the Tiangong Space Station, according to a report. The newly named Niallia tiangongensis was isolated by taikonauts from surface hardware on ...

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An artist's concept shows the twin TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) in orbit. Their mission will help scientists learn about the connection between the sun and the Earth. Credit: Andy Kale / University of ...

When Matteo Paz scored a high school internship at the California Institute of Technology, the scientists there gave him the daunting task of manually sorting reams of data from a NASA mission. It was "classic intern work," Paz, an 18-year-old from ...

The three satellites look to measure mysteries of space weather while also acting as a warning system for its dangerous effects.

Soviet scientists hurled the satellite into space earlier Friday and sent it spinning around the earth at a speed of 18,000 miles an hour and at an altitude of 560 miles, the announcement said. The sphere-shaped man-made "moon" was equipped with a radio transmitter sending signals to earth stations.