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SpaceX launch of private Ax-2 astronauts just put the 600th person in orbit

The 600th person to enter Earth orbit, Rayyanah Barnawi of Saudi Arabia, is now on her way to the International Space Station on Axiom-2, the second commercial mission to fly there.

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Saudi astronauts, including nation's 1st woman, catch a SpaceX flight to space station

Saudi Arabia's first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight. The crew will spend just over a week there before returning home.

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SpaceX launches Ax-2 private astronaut mission to station, 1st Saudi woman in space on board (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (May 21), kicking off the pioneering private Ax-2 mission to the space station.

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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova's cancer update, Greek PM calls for second election, and SpaceX's latest private flight blasts off — as it happened

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Build-A-Bear creates fluffy 'zero-g indicator' for Axiom Space Ax-2 crew

The zero-g indicator flying on the second private mission to the International Space Station may be the first that needed assembly. Ax-2's 'GiGi' is the first Build-A-Bear to launch into orbit.

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What time is the SpaceX Ax-2 private astronaut launch for Axiom Space?

SpaceX is launching the second all-private mission to the International Space Station today (May 21) and if you're hoping to follow it online, you need to know when it actually lifts off.

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SpaceX launching Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station

SpaceX's next private flight to the International Space Station is awaiting takeoff

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SpaceX's Axiom mission-2 set for launch with 1st Saudi woman

A private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) organized by Axiom Space is all set to launch the 'Ax-2' on Sunday (local time) from Florida with the first-ever Saudi woman in its crew to voyage into space, according to Axiom Space. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SpaceX sells Starlink terminals to Unipol for Italy flood relief

Italian insurance company Unipol Gruppo SpA said it has purchased Starlink terminals from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to help with rescue and recovery efforts in flood-stricken areas of the country.

Tribune News Service

SpaceX Prepared Two More Falcon With Starlink Satellites

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX readied two more Falcon 9 rockets on SpaceX launch pads on Friday, following a Starlink deployment.

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SpaceX rocket 'go' to launch four private astronauts on Ax-2, a mission filled with 1sts, today

Axiom Space is ready to launch its second-ever private mission to the International Space Station.

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Axiom’s private mission inches commercial space station dreams closer to reality

ORLANDO, Fla. — Axiom Space made history in 2022 with the first all-private mission to the International Space Station. The company is ready to do it again, but with more focus on its endgame: having its own commercial space station in what could potentially be a crowded playing field in…

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Floods displace more than 36,000 residents in northeast Italy

Deadly floods caused more than 305 landslides and damaged or closed more than 500 roads in the Emilia-Romagna region.

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Watch SpaceX's Ax-2 private astronaut launch for Axiom Space in this free livestream on May 21

SpaceX's next private spaceflight will launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday (May 21) and you can watch the mission live online in a series of free webcasts.

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Excitement builds for Ax-2 SpaceX launch that will send 1st Saudi woman to space

The Ax-2 mission is set to lift off on Sunday (May 21) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, sending the first private mission commanded by a woman, and the first female Saudi astronaut, to space.

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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lunar lander

A team led by Jeff Bezos's rocket company wins a coveted $5.1 billion NASA contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to the Moon's surface.

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Watch SpaceX blast a new Starship launch pad plate with rocket fire (video)

SpaceX is already testing tech that could strengthen the ground beneath its giant Starship rocket's orbital launch pad, a new video shows.

Orlando Sentinel

Blue Origin wins NASA contract to join SpaceX for moon landings

Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk officially have something else in common, as NASA awarded its second moon landing contract for the Artemis program to a large group of aerospace companies led by Blue Origin.

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NASA awards high-stakes contract for lunar lander

Blue Origin has won a contract with US space agency NASA to build a spacecraft to send astronauts to and from the moon's surface.

Al Jazeera

NASA announces that Bezos’s Blue Origin will build moon lander

The contract is a milestone for Bezos’s space company after it lost a previous lunar-landing bid to competitor SpaceX.

The Independent UK

NASA picks Bezos' Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX

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Saudi Arabia's 1st female astronaut hopes kids follow in her footsteps

Rayyanah Barnawi, who will become the first Saudi woman in space when the private Ax-2 mission launches on Sunday (May 21), hopes she's blazing a trail for others to follow.

Inverse

NASA Just Picked the Company That Will Land Its Second Moonwalking Artemis Crew

NASA has selected the company that will build its second Artemis Program Moon lander. Blue Origin will split the cost with NASA for the Artemis V mission.

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Blue Origin will build NASA's new moon lander for Artemis astronauts

Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander will take astronauts to the lunar surface in 2029, on the Artemis 5 mission. It's the second NASA moon lander for astronauts, after SpaceX's Starship.

The Hindu

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build astronaut lunar lander

Blue Origin and lawmakers had put pressure on NASA to contract for a second lunar lander in order to encourage commercial competition and guarantee that the organisation had a backup way to the moon.

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