July 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - With private companies planning to expand their offerings in orbital and suborbital space tourism and more and more civilians already shooting into space, a Jesuit astronomer has said that if ever the opportunity is…

International Space Station Obtains Publicly Controllable Mobile Robot "Space Avatars" From Earth, Thanks To Joint Project Between Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) And ANA Holdings' Avatarin Telepresence Start-Up . The project…

To travelJul 26, 2021 9:58 PM3 minutes to readThe Waitaki District Tourism Board got a sour taste after staff appeared in the Candy marketing campaign have been the target of online abuse.Tourism Waitaki said staff raised issues of…

Days after Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos launched successful tourist flights to space, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) proposed a tax on private space travel.The Securing Carbon Emissions Protection Act (SPACE) would establish a new…

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Tourists eat in the Monastiraki district, as the country's tourist season officially opens, in Athens, Greece on May 15, 2021. REUTERS / Costas BaltasATHENS, July 22 (Reuters) - Greece on Thursday said all unvaccinated restaurant and…

While it may appear that Sir Richard's decision to fly on July 11 was an attempt to outdo its competition, the theft was already on the company's books, as reported in fourth quarter results.Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic,…

There would have been no better way to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the first moon landing than this month's series of space flights heralding a new era in space tourism. Flamboyant Virgin Galactic owner Richard Branson and his crew -…

By Eloise Marais for La Conversation,The business race to get tourists to space is intensifying between Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson and former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. On Sunday, July 11, Branson traveled 80 km to reach the edge…

The combustion of these thrusters provides the energy necessary to launch rockets into space while generating greenhouse gases and air pollutants. Large amounts of water vapor are produced by burning the BE-3 propellant, while the…