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India is on track for significant growth in space sector. In 2020, the government eased rules for private sector satellite and rocket companies

India on track to take on China in the $447 billion space economy

India is on track for significant growth in space sector. In 2020, the government eased rules for private sector satellite and rocket companies

India is pushing through the space economy, showing its ambition to take dominance over the sector. Taking advantage of the geopolitical isolation of China and Russia, India is trying to pitch in as a reliable alternative to SpaceX.&nbsp;
Demand for higher internet bandwidth which would be delivered from space has made launching satellites into orbit a prosperous business. As per Ernst &amp; Young estimate, the space economy is projected to grow to $600 billion by 2025. The economy was at $447 billion in 2020.
As per Bloomberg, India's NewSpace India Ltd., has launched three dozen communications satellites last month from an island off the nation&rsquo;s eastern coast for OneWeb Ltd. This move helped the the UK satellite company&rsquo;s bid to create a global broadband internet network in the skies. One Web turned to India after Russia scuppered the original launch last year, taking 36 of its spacecraft hostage.
Until now, the global space demand for satellite launching is met through Elon Musk's SpaceX, China and Russia. But the war in Ukraine and China's tensions with U.S. has been detrimental to the countries' image as a satellite launch provider. Many satellite operators do not find Chinese rockets as an option, primarily because of growing concerns about Beijing accessing Western technology. Meanwhile, India now has powerful alliance with the U.S., Australia and Japan.&nbsp;
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's, 'Make in India' campaign that aims to make India the world&rsquo;s fifth-largest economy as a top destination for technological innovation, has got the space sector development as a key factor. As per Bloomberg, his administration has tried to make India&rsquo;s space agency more business-friendly by encouraging the growth of startups. In 2020, the government eased rules for private sector satellite and rocket companies. They were allowed to carry out independent space activities instead of being solely the suppliers to ISRO.&nbsp;
According to Bloomberg, France&rsquo;s Arianespace has suffered problems getting its newest rocket ready for use. And Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc., the satellite-launch company tied to British billionaire Richard Branson, said last week that it was ceasing operations indefinitely following a launch failure in January. This has again paved the way for India to emerge as a space facilities provider.
Global buyers also see NewSpace as a competent alternative. This state-owned space industry, is ramping up production of India&rsquo;s largest domestically developed rocket &mdash; the LVM3 and has had a successful satellite launch operations so far.&nbsp;
Though India has a long way to tackle China in the space sector, India has favourable factors that highlight its position among the global satellite providers.

For the first time in history, a spacecraft has "touched" the Sun.
NASA&rsquo;s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun&rsquo;s upper atmosphere &ndash; the corona &ndash; and sampled particles and magnetic fields there.
The new milestone marks one major step for Parker Solar Probe and one giant leap for solar science. Just as landing on the Moon allowed scientists to understand how it was formed, touching the very stuff the Sun is made of will help scientists uncover critical information about our closest star and its influence on the solar system, NASA said.
Calling it "a monumental moment", NASA said that as it circles closer to the solar surface, Parker is making new discoveries.
Scientists said that Parker Solar Probe achieved the feat on April 28, but they made the announcement only after analysis of the data confirmed it.
The Parker probe was launched in 2018 to make repeated and increasingly closer passes of the Sun. The spacecraft moves at a stunning speed of over 500,000kmph to enable getting in quickly and getting out quickly to avoid heat damage.

NASA spacecraft 'touches' Sun for the first time ever. Know what it means

NASA spacecraft 'touches' for the first time ever

NASA spacecraft 'touches' for the first time ever
NASA&nbsp;spacecraft has flown through the Sun&rsquo;s upper atmosphere
Giant leap for solar science as&nbsp;Parker Probe flies close to Sun
"Monumental moment": Parker is making new discoveries
Parker Solar Probe achieved the feat on April 28: NASA
Parker probe launched to make increasingly closer passes of the Sun&nbsp;

NASA&rsquo;s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun&rsquo;s upper atmosphere &ndash; the corona &ndash; and sampled particles and magnetic fields there.

For the first time in history, a spacecraft has "touched" the Sun.
NASA&rsquo;s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun&rsquo;s upper atmosphere &ndash; the corona &ndash; and sampled particles and magnetic fields there.
The new milestone marks one major step for Parker Solar Probe and one giant leap for solar science. Just as landing on the Moon allowed scientists to understand how it was formed, touching the very stuff the Sun is made of will help scientists uncover critical information about our closest star and its influence on the solar system, NASA said.
Calling it "a monumental moment", NASA said that as it circles closer to the solar surface, Parker is making new discoveries.
Scientists said that Parker Solar Probe achieved the feat on April 28, but they made the announcement only after analysis of the data confirmed it.
The Parker probe was launched in 2018 to make repeated and increasingly closer passes of the Sun. The spacecraft moves at a stunning speed of over 500,000kmph to enable getting in quickly and getting out quickly to avoid heat damage.

NASA class of 2021 for future astronauts has an Indian connect.
Indian-origin physician Anil Menon has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions.
A lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force, 45-year-old Menon was born and raised in Minneapolis. His parents are Ukrainian and Indian immigrants.
He was SpaceX's first flight surgeon, helping to launch the company's first humans to space during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission. Menon also helped build a medical organisation to support the human system during future missions.
In a statement, NASA announced that it has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates from a field of more than 12,000 applicants to represent the US and work for humanity's benefit in space.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson introduced the members of the 2021 astronaut class, the first new class in four years, during a Monday, December 6 event at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
"Today we welcome 10 new explorers, 10 members of the Artemis generation, NASA''s 2021 astronaut candidate class," Nelson said.
"Alone, each candidate has 'the right stuff,'' but together they represent the creed of our country: E pluribus unum - out of many, one," he said.
The astronaut candidates will report for duty at Johnson Space Center in Houston in January 2022 to begin two years of training.
Astronaut candidate training falls into five major categories: operating and maintaining the International Space Station''s complex systems, training for spacewalks, developing complex robotics skills, safely operating a T-38 training jet, and Russian language skills.

NASA picks Indian origin doctor for future astronauts mission

NASA picks Indian origin doctor. along with 9 others, for future astronauts mission. 

Indian-origin doctor among 10 chosen by NASA for future missions

NASA class of 2021 for future astronauts has an Indian connect.
Indian-origin physician Anil Menon has been selected by the US space agency along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions.
A lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force, 45-year-old Menon was born and raised in Minneapolis. His parents are Ukrainian and Indian immigrants.
He was SpaceX's first flight surgeon, helping to launch the company's first humans to space during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission. Menon also helped build a medical organisation to support the human system during future missions.
In a statement, NASA announced that it has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates from a field of more than 12,000 applicants to represent the US and work for humanity's benefit in space.
The astronaut candidates will report for duty at Johnson Space Center in Houston in January 2022 to begin two years of training.

Indian-origin physician Anil Menon has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions

NASA class of 2021 for future astronauts has an Indian connect.
Indian-origin physician Anil Menon has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions.
A lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force, 45-year-old Menon was born and raised in Minneapolis. His parents are Ukrainian and Indian immigrants.
He was SpaceX's first flight surgeon, helping to launch the company's first humans to space during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission. Menon also helped build a medical organisation to support the human system during future missions.
In a statement, NASA announced that it has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates from a field of more than 12,000 applicants to represent the US and work for humanity's benefit in space.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson introduced the members of the 2021 astronaut class, the first new class in four years, during a Monday, December 6 event at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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"Today we welcome 10 new explorers, 10 members of the Artemis generation, NASA''s 2021 astronaut candidate class," Nelson said.
"Alone, each candidate has 'the right stuff,'' but together they represent the creed of our country: E pluribus unum - out of many, one," he said.
The astronaut candidates will report for duty at Johnson Space Center in Houston in January 2022 to begin two years of training.
Astronaut candidate training falls into five major categories: operating and maintaining the International Space Station''s complex systems, training for spacewalks, developing complex robotics skills, safely operating a T-38 training jet, and Russian language skills.

NASA is delaying putting astronauts back on the moon until 2025 at the earliest, missing the deadline set by the Trump administration.
The space agency had been aiming for 2024 for the first moon landing by astronauts in a half-century.
Announcing the delay Tuesday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Congress did not provide enough money to develop a landing system for its Artemis moon programme.
In addition, a legal challenge by Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, stalled work on the Starship lunar lander under development by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
A federal judge last Thursday rejected a lawsuit by Blue Origin against the US government challenging Nasa's decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to SpaceX.
NASA is still targeting next February for the first test flight of its moon rocket, the Space Launch System, or SLS, with an Orion capsule. No one will be on board. Instead, astronauts will strap in for the second Artemis flight, flying beyond the moon but not landing in 2024, a year later than planned. That would bump the moon landing to at least 2025, according to Nelson.
"The human landing system is a crucial part of our work to get the first woman and the first person of colour to the lunar surface, and we are getting geared up to go," Nelson told reporters.
Officials said technology for new spacesuits also needs to ramp up before astronauts can return to the moon.
NASA's last lunar landing by astronauts occurred during Apollo 17 in 1972. Altogether, 12 men explored the moon's surface.

NASA pushes human moon landing to 2025, Jeff Bezos is to blame

NASA pushes human moon landing, Jeff Bezos is to blame. Here are the details

NASA says US astronaut mission to moon will wait until 2025

NASA is delaying putting astronauts back on the moon until 2025 at the earliest, missing the deadline set by the Trump administration.
The space agency had been aiming for 2024 for the first moon landing by astronauts in a half-century.
Announcing the delay Tuesday, NASA said Congress did not provide enough money to develop a landing system for its Artemis moon programme.
In addition, a legal challenge by Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, stalled work on the Starship lunar lander under development by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
A federal judge last Thursday rejected a lawsuit by Blue Origin against the US government challenging Nasa's decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to SpaceX.
The US Apollo program sent six human missions to the moon from 1969 to 1972, the only crewed spaceflights yet to reach the lunar surface.
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The US space agency had been aiming for 2024 for the first moon landing by astronauts in a half-century
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NASA is delaying putting astronauts back on the moon until 2025 at the earliest, missing the deadline set by the Trump administration.
The space agency had been aiming for 2024 for the first moon landing by astronauts in a half-century.
Announcing the delay Tuesday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Congress did not provide enough money to develop a landing system for its Artemis moon programme.
In addition, a legal challenge by Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, stalled work on the Starship lunar lander under development by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
A federal judge last Thursday rejected a lawsuit by Blue Origin against the US government challenging Nasa's decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to SpaceX.
NASA is still targeting next February for the first test flight of its moon rocket, the Space Launch System, or SLS, with an Orion capsule. No one will be on board. Instead, astronauts will strap in for the second Artemis flight, flying beyond the moon but not landing in 2024, a year later than planned. That would bump the moon landing to at least 2025, according to Nelson.
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"The human landing system is a crucial part of our work to get the first woman and the first person of colour to the lunar surface, and we are getting geared up to go," Nelson told reporters.
Officials said technology for new spacesuits also needs to ramp up before astronauts can return to the moon.
NASA's last lunar landing by astronauts occurred during Apollo 17 in 1972. Altogether, 12 men explored the moon's surface.

Science fiction became scientific&nbsp;fact for actor William Shatner the original&nbsp;Captain Kirk from Star Trek as he successfully completed his space voyage aboard Jeff&nbsp;Bezos' Blue Origin Space Craft&nbsp;The spaceflight took Shatner more than 340,000 feet above the Earth on Wednesday, making him the oldest person to ever reach space. The Actor, who for four decades played Captain James Kirk, the fearless commander of the USS Enterprise, broke down in tears at the landing site as he described to the private space company&rsquo;s founder, the Amazon tycoon&nbsp;Jeff Bezos, the profundity of his almost 11-minute leap to the stars.It was truly a fan moment for&nbsp;Bezos, who used to&nbsp;pretend to be Captain Kirk&nbsp;when playing with his siblings as children, was also the first to greet the crew after their return, reopening the hatch and dipping his head into the capsule with the greeting: &ldquo;Hello astronauts. Welcome to Earth.&rdquo;&nbsp;In an&nbsp;Instagram post&nbsp;Bezos revealed that Shatner&nbsp;took few special pieces of memorabilia along for the ride: a set of homemade cardboard &ldquo;Star Trek&rdquo; toys that the billionaire crafted when he was just 9 years old.
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Watch: 90-year old William Shatner in space, Star Trek fan moment for Bezos 

Captain Kirk finally in space, William Shatner of Star Trek fame breaks down thanking Bezos for the incredible journey, says ‘I hope I never recover from this’

Trekkie trip for Bezos, Captain Kirk sent to space with Space Trek toys

Byte: What you have give me is just incredible... all the way to the hug." Blasting out of space, the original space commander from Star Trek, Captain Kirk. Aboard Blue Origin Spacecraft 90-year old&nbsp;William Shatner&nbsp;became the oldest person to play real life astronout, flying&nbsp;more than 340,000 feet above the Earth on Wednesday.&nbsp; Seen the video Shatner&nbsp;with his 3 other crew members blown away by the experience of being in outerspace&nbsp;(breath the video of them in the capsule here let them say wow weightless and all) But it was not just a once in a lifetime experience for shatner, a true trekkie&nbsp;Bezos&nbsp;revealed that actor&nbsp;took few special pieces of Star Trek memorabilia belonging to a 9 year old jeff along for the ride (use the insta&nbsp;post)

Star Trek actor, 90, says &lsquo;I hope I never recover from this&rsquo; after becoming oldest human in space on Jeff Bezos rocket New Shepard

Science fiction became scientific&nbsp;fact for actor William Shatner the original&nbsp;Captain Kirk from Star Trek as he successfully completed his space voyage aboard Jeff&nbsp;Bezos' Blue Origin Space Craft&nbsp; The spaceflight took Shatner more than 340,000 feet above the Earth on Wednesday, making him the oldest person to ever reach space. The Actor, who for four decades played Captain James Kirk, the fearless commander of the USS Enterprise, broke down in tears at the landing site as he described to the private space company&rsquo;s founder, the Amazon tycoon&nbsp;Jeff Bezos, the profundity of his almost 11-minute leap to the stars.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a title="Air India unions threaten strike before the Tata takeover" href="https://www.editorji.com/business-news/air-india-unions-threaten-strike-before-the-tata-takeover-1634185508520">Air India unions threaten strike before the Tata takeover</a> It was truly a fan moment for&nbsp;Bezos, who used to&nbsp;pretend to be Captain Kirk&nbsp;when playing with his siblings as children, was also the first to greet the crew after their return, reopening the hatch and dipping his head into the capsule with the greeting: &ldquo;Hello astronauts. Welcome to Earth.&rdquo;&nbsp;In an&nbsp;Instagram post&nbsp;Bezos revealed that Shatner&nbsp;took few special pieces of memorabilia along for the ride: a set of homemade cardboard &ldquo;Star Trek&rdquo; toys that the billionaire crafted when he was just 9 years old.
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In another round of the billionaires' bout, SpaceX&nbsp;chief Elon Musk took a jab at Space aspirant Jeff Bezos&nbsp;by saying he can not sue his way to the moon. Musk's comments come as both billionaires are working&nbsp;on a competing satellite-based internet project.&nbsp;"I think he should put more of his energy into getting to orbit, [rather] than lawsuits,&rdquo; Musk said at the CodeCon 2021 conference in Beverly Hills, California.&nbsp;&ldquo;You cannot sue your way to the moon, no matter how good your lawyers are,&rdquo; Musk added.Bezos&nbsp;founded Amazon responded by issuing a statement and publishing a&nbsp;13-page list of lawsuits, government petitions, and other legal actions that SpaceX has taken over the years.&nbsp;&ldquo;SpaceX has a long track record of suing the U.S. government on procurement matters and protesting various governmental decisions. It is difficult to reconcile that historical record with their recent position on others filing similar actions,&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;Musk, was not in a mood to just let the matter die. The technoking&nbsp;fired back&nbsp;on Twitter,&nbsp;arguing that there is a difference of intent between his company&rsquo;s lawsuits and those from Bezos. &ldquo;SpaceX has sued to be *allowed* to compete, BO (Blue Origin)&nbsp;is suing to stop competition,&rdquo; Musk tweeted.This is not the first time the billionaires have battled it out. In&nbsp;August, Musk&nbsp;hit out at&nbsp;Bezos for stepping down from his CEO role at Amazon&nbsp;&ldquo;in order to pursue a full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX&rdquo;.Bezos&rsquo;&nbsp;Blue Origin is suing SpaceX,&nbsp;in the U.S. Federal Court of Claims over a $2.9 billion astronaut lunar lander contract the agency awarded Musk&rsquo;s company earlier this year.

Musk to Bezos, 'You can't sue your way to the moon.'

Billionaires Bout| Musk delivers a jab to Bezos, says  he should put more of his energy into getting to orbit and not suing. 

Billionaires Bout| Musk delivers a jab to Bezos

&ldquo;You cannot sue your way to the moon, no matter how good your lawyers are,&rdquo; Musk said at the CodeCon 2021 conference.

In another round of the billionaires' bout, SpaceX&nbsp;chief Elon Musk took a jab at Space aspirant Jeff Bezos&nbsp;by saying he can not sue his way to the moon. Musk's comments come as both billionaires are working&nbsp;on a competing satellite-based internet project.&nbsp; "I think he should put more of his energy into getting to orbit, [rather] than lawsuits,&rdquo; Musk said at the CodeCon 2021 conference in Beverly Hills, California.&nbsp;&ldquo;You cannot sue your way to the moon, no matter how good your lawyers are,&rdquo; Musk added. Bezos&nbsp;founded Amazon responded by issuing a statement and publishing a&nbsp;13-page list of lawsuits, government petitions, and other legal actions that SpaceX has taken over the years.&nbsp;&ldquo;SpaceX has a long track record of suing the U.S. government on procurement matters and protesting various governmental decisions. It is difficult to reconcile that historical record with their recent position on others filing similar actions,&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp; Musk, was not in a mood to just let the matter die. The technoking&nbsp;fired back&nbsp;on Twitter,&nbsp;arguing that there is a difference of intent between his company&rsquo;s lawsuits and those from Bezos. &ldquo;SpaceX has sued to be *allowed* to compete, BO (Blue Origin)&nbsp;is suing to stop competition,&rdquo; Musk tweeted. This is not the first time the billionaires have battled it out. In&nbsp;August, Musk&nbsp;hit out at&nbsp;Bezos for stepping down from his CEO role at Amazon&nbsp;&ldquo;in order to pursue a full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX&rdquo;. Bezos&rsquo;&nbsp;Blue Origin is suing SpaceX,&nbsp;in the U.S. Federal Court of Claims over a $2.9 billion astronaut lunar lander contract the agency awarded Musk&rsquo;s company earlier this year.

The International Space Station (ISS) recently released photos of Earth's horizon that shone brightly in the dark surrounded by a multitude of twinkling stars.&nbsp;
Pictures from space of the planet's urban landscapes are not uncommon, however, these photos of the atmospheric&nbsp;glow engulfing Earth's horizon took the Internet&nbsp;by storm.&nbsp;
Users of social media could not stop gushing about the beauty of the glowing Earth merged with stars' twinkling.&nbsp;
The agency also attached a link to NASA&nbsp;Johnson's photo gallery on Flickr&nbsp;for those interested to have a look at more photos clicked in space.&nbsp;
Check it out: Photos taken by the ISS&nbsp;from space&nbsp;
One such photo taken when the Station was orbiting above Afghanistan captured the city lights of India and Pakistan while also highlighting the well-lit boundary between the two nations.&nbsp;
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Out of the world: ISS releases pictures of Earth's glowing horizon 

These pictures are literally out of the world! The International Space Station released photos of Earth's horizon glowing in the dark against a backdrop of numerous stars. 

The International Space Station (ISS) released photos of Earth's horizon that shone brightly surrounded by a multitude of twinkling stars.&nbsp;
Users of social media could not stop gushing about the beauty of the glowing Earth merged with stars' twinkling.
Pictures from space of glowing cities on the planet are not uncommon, however, these photos of the atmospheric&nbsp;glow engulfing Earth's horizon took the Internet&nbsp;by storm.&nbsp;
The agency also attached a link to NASA&nbsp;Johnson's photo gallery on Flickr&nbsp;for those interested to have a look at more photos clicked in space.&nbsp;
One such photo taken when the Station was orbiting above Afghanistan captured the city lights of India and Pakistan while also highlighting the well-lit boundary between the two nations.&nbsp;
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The International Space Station (ISS) posted of&nbsp;the planet's natural ring light shining against the backdrop of numerous stars.&nbsp;

The International Space Station (ISS) recently released photos of Earth's horizon that shone brightly in the dark surrounded by a multitude of twinkling stars.&nbsp;
Pictures from space of the planet's urban landscapes are not uncommon, however, these photos of the atmospheric&nbsp;glow engulfing Earth's horizon took the Internet&nbsp;by storm.&nbsp;
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Users of social media could not stop gushing about the beauty of the glowing Earth merged with stars' twinkling.&nbsp;
The agency also attached a link to NASA&nbsp;Johnson's photo gallery on Flickr&nbsp;for those interested to have a look at more photos clicked in space.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/with/51504147653/">Check it out: Photos taken by the ISS&nbsp;from space</a>&nbsp;
One such photo taken when the Station was orbiting above Afghanistan captured the city lights of India and Pakistan while also highlighting the well-lit boundary between the two nations.&nbsp;
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India's space agency ISRO&nbsp;suffered a setback even as it&nbsp;&nbsp;successfully launched a a new Earth observation satellite to space , it failed to put it in orbit on Thursday morning.&nbsp;The EOS-03 launched today was capable of imaging the entire country four to five times every day and is riding on a GSLV rocket (GSLV-F10). This was&nbsp;ISRO's&nbsp;first &nbsp;Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) launch after Chandrayaan-2.&nbsp;
So what was this observation satellite intended to&nbsp;do?&nbsp;ISRO officials&nbsp;describe EOS-03&nbsp;as a "state-of-the-art" Earth observation satellite with three main objectives: near real-time imaging with frequent revisits to the same region, monitoring natural disasters and other short-term events, and picking up spectral signatures for agriculture and forestry to monitor items like crop health.
This marks the space agency ISRO's&nbsp;first satellite launch since Dec. 17, 2020.&nbsp;ISRO completed three launches in 2020 in January, November and December.

ISRO suffers setback, after successful launch fails to put observation satellite in orbit

ISRO suffers setback,

ISRO&nbsp;failes to put&nbsp;ew Earth observation satellite into orbit This was ISRO's first GSLV after&nbsp;Chandrayaan-2 GSLV&nbsp;stands for&nbsp;Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ISRO's&nbsp;new "state-of-the-art"&nbsp;satellite was to provide&nbsp;near real-time imaging New Earth observation satellite could have also&nbsp;monitored natural disasters
This was the space agency&rsquo;s third attempt at launching the satellite
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The satellite was expected to boost India&rsquo;s abilities by providing near real time images under cloud free conditions.&nbsp;

India's space agency ISRO&nbsp;suffered a setback even as it&nbsp;&nbsp;successfully launched a a new Earth observation satellite to space , it failed to put it in orbit on Thursday morning.&nbsp;The EOS-03 launched today was capable of imaging the entire country four to five times every day and was riding on a GSLV rocket (GSLV-F10). This was&nbsp;ISRO's&nbsp;first &nbsp;Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) launch after Chandrayaan-2.&nbsp;
So what was this observation satellite intended to&nbsp;do?&nbsp;ISRO officials&nbsp;describe EOS-03&nbsp;as a "state-of-the-art" Earth observation satellite with three main objectives: near real-time imaging with frequent revisits to the same region, monitoring natural disasters and other short-term events, and picking up spectral signatures for agriculture and forestry to monitor items like crop health.
This marked the space agency ISRO's&nbsp;first satellite launch since Dec. 17, 2020.&nbsp;ISRO completed three launches in 2020 in January, November and December.

India has recognized that to be a major player on the world stage, it has to have a vigorous space program. Also, it does not want to lose out to China in space sector development. India has thus begun to pay greater attention to space exploration including through its Moon and Mars missions. COVID-19 may have delayed many space programs, but there&rsquo;s plenty to look forward to.

India looks to become a major space power with its ambitious missions

India has recognized that to be a major player on the world stage, it has to have a vigorous space program. COVID-19 may have delayed many space programs, but there&rsquo;s plenty to look forward to.

India has recognized that to be a major player on the world stage, it has to have a vigorous space program. COVID-19 may have delayed many space programs, but there&rsquo;s plenty to look forward to.

India has recognized that to be a major player on the world stage, it has to have a vigorous space program. Also, it does not want to lose out to China in space sector development. India has thus begun to pay greater attention to space exploration including through its Moon and Mars missions. COVID-19 may have delayed many space programs, but there&rsquo;s plenty to look forward to.

International Space Station witnessed a brief scare as the new Russian Nauka module faced problems after docking in.
The Russian module inadvertently fired its thrusters causing a "tug of war" with the space station. The impact briefly pushed the ISS out of position on Thursday morning, according to NASA flight controllers.
NASA officials declared it a "spacecraft emergency" as the space station experienced a loss of attitude, the angle at which the ISS is supposed to remain oriented for nearly one hour. Reports said ground controllers lost communications with the seven astronauts currently aboard the ISS for 11 minutes during the ordeal. 
The engines of another module on the space station were then activated to compensate and reposition the ISS
A joint investigation between NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos is now ongoing.

'Tug-of-war' at International Space Station as Russian module misfires

International Space Station witnessed a brief scare as the new Russian Nauka module faced problems after docking in.

Scare at International Space Station as Russian module misfires

Scare at International Space Station as Russian module misfires
Tug-of-war in Space as Russian module faces&nbsp;problem after docking at ISS
ISS&nbsp;pushed out of position briefly, no communication with astronauts for 11 minutes
Nasa&nbsp;declared space emergency as communication with ISS&nbsp;lost briefly
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International Space Station witnessed a brief scare as the new Russian Nauka module faced problems after docking in.

International Space Station witnessed a brief scare as the new Russian Nauka module faced problems after docking in.
The Russian module inadvertently fired its thrusters causing a "tug of war" with the space station. The impact briefly pushed the ISS out of position on Thursday morning, according to NASA flight controllers.
NASA officials declared it a "spacecraft emergency" as the space station experienced a loss of attitude, the angle at which the ISS is supposed to remain oriented for nearly one hour. Reports said ground controllers lost communications with the seven astronauts currently aboard the ISS for 11 minutes during the ordeal. 
The engines of another module on the space station were then activated to compensate and reposition the ISS
A joint investigation between NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos is now ongoing.

The world's richest man Jeff Bezos is desperate to get a pie in the sky and is willing to forego&nbsp;$2 billion for it. Blue Origin founder Bezos&nbsp;has told NASA it will waive fees to in order to secure NASA's&nbsp;contract to develop a human landing system for the moon.In an open letter to the space agency Bezos&nbsp;questions the decision to award&nbsp;Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX with a sole&nbsp;$2.89 billion contract&nbsp;to build the next crewed lunar lander under its Human Landing Systems program.&nbsp;He said that NASA &ldquo;veered from its original dual-source acquisition strategy&rdquo; when it selected Elon Musk&rsquo;s&nbsp;Space Exploration Technologies."&nbsp;Read/Watch Also: Musk wants to go to Jupiter NowUrging NASA&nbsp;to reconsider it's decision Jeff Bezos&nbsp;emphasised&nbsp; that&nbsp; &ldquo;Instead of this single source approach, NASA should embrace its original strategy of competition,&rdquo; Bezos said. &ldquo;Without competition, a short time into the contract, NASA will find itself with limited options as it attempts to negotiate missed deadlines, design changes, and cost overruns.&rdquo;Making a case to select/consider Bezos' space firm, the tech pioneer said that&nbsp;Blue Origin will accept a firm, fixed-priced contract for this work, cover any system development cost overruns, and shield NASA from partner cost escalation concerns.Read the full letter here: Bezos&nbsp;to NASA

Bezos vs Musk: Here is what Jeff Bezos wrote to NASA as he takes on Musk in a space war

Bezos vs Musk: Here is what Jeff Bezos wrote to NASA as he takes on Musk in a space war to the moon

Billionaire Space War

Jeff Bezos offered to cover up to $2 billion of NASA costs in exchange for a contract to build a lunar lander to land astronauts on the moon.

The world's richest man Jeff Bezos is desperate to get a pie in the sky and is willing to forego&nbsp;$2 billion for it. Blue Origin founder Bezos&nbsp;has told NASA it will waive fees to in order to secure NASA's&nbsp;contract to develop a human landing system for the moon. In an open letter to the space agency Bezos&nbsp;questions the decision to award&nbsp;Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX with a sole&nbsp;$2.89 billion contract&nbsp;to build the next crewed lunar lander under its Human Landing Systems program.&nbsp;He said that NASA &ldquo;veered from its original dual-source acquisition strategy&rdquo; when it selected Elon Musk&rsquo;s&nbsp;Space Exploration Technologies."&nbsp; Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.edtr.ai/9yq3">Elon Musk wants to go to Jupiter now</a> Urging NASA&nbsp;to reconsider it's decision Jeff Bezos&nbsp;emphasised&nbsp; that&nbsp; &ldquo;Instead of this single source approach, NASA should embrace its original strategy of competition,&rdquo; Bezos said. &ldquo;Without competition, a short time into the contract, NASA will find itself with limited options as it attempts to negotiate missed deadlines, design changes, and cost overruns.&rdquo; Making a case to select/consider Bezos' space firm, the tech pioneer said that&nbsp;Blue Origin will accept a firm, fixed-priced contract for this work, cover any system development cost overruns, and shield NASA from partner cost escalation concerns. Read the full letter here: <a href="https://blueorigin.com/news-archive/open-letter-to-administrator-nelson">Bezos&nbsp;to NASA</a>

According to NASA&rsquo;s&nbsp;an asteroid, named &lsquo;2008 GO20,&rsquo; sized about 220 metres in diameter, will zoom past Earth on July 25. It will cross our planet at a distance of 4.7 million kilometres at 3 am IST.
Though the asteroid is hoped to safely pass by the earth&rsquo;s orbit, NASA has flagged the asteroid as a potentially hazardous object, given it is more than 150 metres in diameter which makes it 3 times the size of the Taj&nbsp;Mahal.&nbsp;
The last time the GO20 asteroid visited was on June 20, 2008.

Asteroid 3 times the size of Taj Mahal will zoom past the Earth on July 25

An asteroid thrice the size of the Taj Mahal will pass close to Earth and according to NASA, it will reach its closest approach Sunday.

An asteroid thrice the size of the Taj Mahal will pass close to the earth on July 25
According to NASA&rsquo;s&nbsp;an asteroid, named &lsquo;2008 GO20,&rsquo; sized about 220 metres in diameter, will cross our planet at a distance of 4.7 million kilometres at 3 am IST.
The asteroid is moving towards Earth at a speed of 29,000 kilometre per hour.
Though the asteroid is hoped to safely pass by the earth&rsquo;s orbit,&nbsp;NASA has flagged it as a potentially hazardous object, given it is more than 150 metres in diameter.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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NASA has said that an asteroid named '2008 GO20', which is 3 times the size of Taj Mahal or as big as 4 football fields will zoom past Earth on July 25.

An asteroid thrice the size of the Taj Mahal will pass close to the earth on July 25
According to NASA&rsquo;s&nbsp;an asteroid, named &lsquo;2008 GO20,&rsquo; sized about 220 metres in diameter, will cross our planet at a distance of 4.7 million kilometres at 3 am IST.
The asteroid is moving towards Earth at a speed of 29,000 kilometre per hour.
Though the asteroid is hoped to safely pass by the earth&rsquo;s orbit,&nbsp;NASA has flagged it as a potentially hazardous object, given it is more than 150 metres in diameter.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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A big win for Elon&nbsp;Musk's space exploration firm SpaceX&nbsp;as it was selected by NASA&nbsp;for a mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The mission will get a detailed survey of Europa and use a sophisticated suite of science instruments to investigate whether the icy moon has conditions suitable for life as per NASA's&nbsp;statement.&nbsp;Europa Clipper mission, scheduled to launch in October 2024, is worth $178 million and the journey of over 630 million kilometers is&nbsp;expected to take more than five years.Read/Watch Also: SpaceX&nbsp;to partner with Indian firms

Musk's SpaceX selected for Jupiter Mission by NASA

Move aside Branson and Bezos, the real space king Musk is now flying to Jupiter!&nbsp;

Musk's Space Adventures

A big win for Elon&nbsp;Musk's space exploration firm
SpaceX&nbsp;selected by NASA&nbsp;for Europa's 2024&nbsp;Clipper mission
Mission will get a detailed survey of Jupiter's icy moon Europa
Mission to launch in October 2024, is worth $178 million
Journey of over 630 million kilometers to take more than 5 years

<h2 class="sp-descp">The $178 million&nbsp;Europa Clipper mission will explore feasibility of life on Jupiter.&nbsp;</h2>

A big win for Elon&nbsp;Musk's space exploration firm SpaceX&nbsp;as it was selected by NASA&nbsp;for a mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The mission will get a detailed survey of Europa and use a sophisticated suite of science instruments to investigate whether the icy moon has conditions suitable for life as per NASA's&nbsp;statement.&nbsp; Europa Clipper mission, scheduled to launch in October 2024, is worth $178 million and the journey of over 630 million kilometers is&nbsp;expected to take more than five years. Read/Watch Also: <a href="https://www.edtr.ai/9v87">SpaceX&nbsp;to partner with Indian firms</a>

The world&rsquo;s super-rich are queuing up to fly to the space.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After English billionaire Richard Branson, the world&rsquo;s richest man,&nbsp;Amazon founder&nbsp;Jeff Bezos,&nbsp;is following his space-steps&nbsp;to the edge of the space.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jeff Bezos'&nbsp;Blue Origin will fly its 16th New Shephard&nbsp;flight,&nbsp;which will actually be its first with astronauts on board.&nbsp;
Jeff Bezos&nbsp;isn't traveling alone.&nbsp;Two among the&nbsp;three of&nbsp;the&nbsp;US billionaire&rsquo;s&nbsp;space-travel colleagues&nbsp;are setting&nbsp;aviation records.&nbsp;18-year-old&nbsp;Oliver Daemen&nbsp;and 82-year-young&nbsp;Wally Funk&nbsp;would be&nbsp;the youngest and oldest astronauts to travel to&nbsp;the&nbsp;space.&nbsp;&nbsp;Teenager Daemen has been&nbsp;fascinated by space, the Moon, and rockets since he was four&nbsp;and him joining Bezos is a stroke of astronomical&nbsp;luck.&nbsp;Daemen, who has a private pilot&rsquo;s license and is to study&nbsp;physics and innovation management at the&nbsp;University of Utrecht,&nbsp;was moved up when a seat on the first flight became available as a mystery bidder,&nbsp;who put up a whopping $28 million for an 11-minute joy ride, postponed his plan due to scheduling conflicts.&nbsp;&nbsp;Some reports say that&nbsp;Daemen's spot was purchased for him by his father, Joes Daemen, who is the founder and CEO of Somerset Capital Partners, an investment firm based in the Netherlands.&nbsp;&nbsp;When 82-year-old,&nbsp;Wally Funk, reaches the edge of the space, she will be&nbsp;fulfilling&nbsp;a dream she nurtured for six long decades.&nbsp;&nbsp;A NASA veteran,&nbsp;Funk was a part of&nbsp;the US space agency&rsquo;s&nbsp;Mercury 13 mission in 1961 but the woman never got the chance.&nbsp;NASA required astronauts to be military test pilots and the military at that time didn't allow women to fly. The women of Mercury 13 often surpassed the results of the men during their rigorous training. For her test, Wally Funk floated inside a tank of water in a dark, soundproofed room. She couldn&rsquo;t see, hear, or feel anything. She emerged 10 hours and 35 minutes later, not because she was done, but because the doctor administering the test decided it might be time to pull her out. Wally had her first flight lesson at age nine, became a licensed pilot at&nbsp;17, and has logged more than 19,000 flying hours.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark Bezos,&nbsp;the younger brother of Jeff Bezos will be the third to accompany him.&nbsp;&nbsp;Will Jeff's flight be any different from Branson's?&nbsp;&nbsp;Blue Origin's New Shepard is a suborbital rocket that takes off vertically as compared to&nbsp;the aerial-launched space plane created by Branson's Virgin Galactic. However, quite similar to Virgin Galactic's plane, New Shepard is designed to shuttle space travelers more than dozens of miles above the Earth's surface for a few moments of weightlessness and panoramic views of the Earth.&nbsp;

Jeff Bezos to fly into the space: Everything you need to know

After English billionaire Richard Branson, the world&rsquo;s richest man,&nbsp;Amazon founder&nbsp;Jeff Bezos,&nbsp;is following his space-steps&nbsp;to the edge of the space.&nbsp;

Jeff Bezos to fly into the space on July 20

18-year-old&nbsp;Oliver Daemen&nbsp;and 82-year-young&nbsp;Wally Funk&nbsp;would be&nbsp;the youngest and oldest astronauts to travel to&nbsp;the&nbsp;space with Bezos

The world&rsquo;s super-rich are queuing up to fly to the space.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; After English billionaire Richard Branson, the world&rsquo;s richest man,&nbsp;Amazon founder&nbsp;Jeff Bezos,&nbsp;is following his space-steps&nbsp;to the edge of the space.&nbsp; &nbsp; Jeff Bezos'&nbsp;Blue Origin will fly its 16th New Shephard&nbsp;flight,&nbsp;which will actually be its first with astronauts on board.&nbsp;
Jeff Bezos&nbsp;isn't traveling alone.&nbsp;Two among the&nbsp;three of&nbsp;the&nbsp;US billionaire&rsquo;s&nbsp;space-travel colleagues&nbsp;are setting&nbsp;aviation records.&nbsp;18-year-old&nbsp;Oliver Daemen&nbsp;and 82-year-young&nbsp;Wally Funk&nbsp;would be&nbsp;the youngest and oldest astronauts to travel to&nbsp;the&nbsp;space.&nbsp; &nbsp; Teenager Daemen has been&nbsp;fascinated by space, the Moon, and rockets since he was four&nbsp;and him joining Bezos is a stroke of astronomical&nbsp;luck.&nbsp;Daemen, who has a private pilot&rsquo;s license and is to study&nbsp;physics and innovation management at the&nbsp;University of Utrecht,&nbsp;was moved up when a seat on the first flight became available as a mystery bidder,&nbsp;who put up a whopping $28 million for an 11-minute joy ride, postponed his plan due to scheduling conflicts.&nbsp; &nbsp; Some reports say that&nbsp;Daemen's spot was purchased for him by his father, Joes Daemen, who is the founder and CEO of Somerset Capital Partners, an investment firm based in the Netherlands.&nbsp; &nbsp; When 82-year-old,&nbsp;Wally Funk, reaches the edge of the space, she will be&nbsp;fulfilling&nbsp;a dream she nurtured for six long decades.&nbsp;&nbsp;A NASA veteran,&nbsp;Funk was a part of&nbsp;the US space agency&rsquo;s&nbsp;Mercury 13 mission in 1961 but the woman never got the chance.&nbsp;NASA required astronauts to be military test pilots and the military at that time didn't allow women to fly. The women of Mercury 13 often surpassed the results of the men during their rigorous training. For her test, Wally Funk floated inside a tank of water in a dark, soundproofed room. She couldn&rsquo;t see, hear, or feel anything. She emerged 10 hours and 35 minutes later, not because she was done, but because the doctor administering the test decided it might be time to pull her out. Wally had her first flight lesson at age nine, became a licensed pilot at&nbsp;17, and has logged more than 19,000 flying hours.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mark Bezos,&nbsp;the younger brother of Jeff Bezos will be the third to accompany him.&nbsp; &nbsp; Will Jeff's flight be any different from Branson's?&nbsp; &nbsp; Blue Origin's New Shepard is a suborbital rocket that takes off vertically as compared to&nbsp;the aerial-launched space plane created by Branson's Virgin Galactic. However, quite similar to Virgin Galactic's plane, New Shepard is designed to shuttle space travelers more than dozens of miles above the Earth's surface for a few moments of weightlessness and panoramic views of the Earth.&nbsp;

An 18-year-old physics student is about to become the youngest person in&nbsp;space,&nbsp;rocketing away with an aviation pioneer who will become the oldest at age 82.
Oliver Daemen, who graduated from high school last year and holds a private pilot's license, joins Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, the tycoon's brother Mark and barrier-breaking female aviator Wally Funk to fly space on July 20.
The company announced that instead of the person who put up $28 million in an auction to fly into space with Jeff Bezos, Dutch runner-up Oliver Daemen will be on board.&nbsp;
In a video published on Twitter, Daemen says he is "super excited to experience zero-g and see the world from above."

Oliver Daemen, youngest person to fly space in Blue Origin with Jeff Bezos 

An 18-year-old physics student is about to become the youngest person in&nbsp;space,&nbsp;rocketing away with an aviation pioneer who will become the oldest at age 82.
Oliver Daemen, who graduated from high school last year and holds a private pilot's license, joins Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, the tycoon's brother Mark and barrier-breaking female aviator Wally Funk to fly space on July 20.

<ul>
<li>Dutch teen to join Jeff Bezos&nbsp;to space on July 20</li>
<li>Daemen becomes the first true paying spaceflight passenger</li>
<li>18-year-old to be the youngest person to ever go into space</li>
<li>Teenager to take place of a person who put up $28 mn in auction</li>
<li>Daemen:&nbsp;super excited to&nbsp;see the world from above&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Daemen is Blue Origin's first paying customer and replaces the anonymous auction winner.

An 18-year-old physics student is about to become the youngest person in&nbsp;space,&nbsp;rocketing away with an aviation pioneer who will become the oldest at age 82.
Oliver Daemen, who graduated from high school last year and holds a private pilot's license, joins Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, the tycoon's brother Mark and barrier-breaking female aviator Wally Funk to fly space on July 20.
The company announced that instead of the person who put up $28 million in an auction to fly into space with Jeff Bezos, Dutch runner-up Oliver Daemen will be on board.&nbsp;
In a video published on Twitter, Daemen says he is "super excited to experience zero-g and see the world from above."

In a big step forward towards its space mission the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) completed the final testing of one of the launch vehicles that will carry humans to space under the Gaganyaan mission.In it's release the space agency stated&nbsp;the engine's performance met the test objectives and the parameters were closely matching with the predictions during the entire duration of the test.SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to social media to congratulate India and ISRO&nbsp;for successfully conducting the test has he tweeted 'Congratulations" alongside an India flag.
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ISRO successfully tests engine for manned Gaganyaan mission, Elon Musk congratulates

Big milestone for ISRO&nbsp;as&nbsp;engine successfully&nbsp;tested for manned Gaganyaan&nbsp;space mission. Elon&nbsp;Musk congratulates India.&nbsp;

Gaganyaan mission

<ul>
<li>ISRO&nbsp;completes final testing&nbsp;Vikas engine for&nbsp;Gaganyaan mission</li>
<li>ISRO&nbsp;completes one out of the three stage testing for&nbsp;Gaganyaan mission</li>
<li>ISRO: Engine was fired for 240 seconds at the test facility at Tamil Nadu</li>
<li>SpaceX&nbsp;founder Elon&nbsp;Musk tweets congratulating ISRO&nbsp;&amp; India marking the milestone</li>
</ul>

The engine was fired for 240 seconds at the test facility of ISRO&nbsp;Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu.

In a big step forward towards its space mission the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) completed the final testing of one of the launch vehicles that will carry humans to space under the Gaganyaan mission. In it's release the space agency stated&nbsp;the engine's performance met the test objectives and the parameters were closely matching with the predictions during the entire duration of the test. SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to social media to congratulate India and ISRO&nbsp;for successfully conducting the test has he tweeted 'Congratulations" alongside an India flag.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/elon-musk-s-spacex-to-partner-with-local-indian-firms-1626171234185" target="_blank">Elon Musk's SpaceX to partner with local Indian firms</a>

Richard Branson&nbsp;is back on Earth after a historic 15-minute space flight with 5 crew members.&nbsp;
Branson and fellow space travellers&nbsp;from his Virgin Galactic space tourism company reached an altitude of about 53 miles over the New Mexico desert &mdash; enough to experience three to four minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth &mdash; and then safely glided back home to a runway landing.
The British billionaire said he said done many ridiculous things in his life but the trip to space was an experience of a lifetime.&nbsp;
Earlier, a massive carrier plane took off and ascended to 50,000 feet before dropping space plane&nbsp;VSS Unity to complete the rest of the flight using its rocket-powered engine. While the flight landed back an hour after the take off, the space plane's journey was only about 15 minutes.&nbsp;

'Experience of a lifetime': Richard Branson after a historic flight to space

Richard Branson&nbsp;is back on Earth after a historic 15-minute space flight with 5 crew members.&nbsp;

Richard Branson&nbsp;is back on Earth after a historic 15-minute space flight with 5 crew members.&nbsp;
Branson and fellow space travellers&nbsp;from his Virgin Galactic space tourism company reached an altitude of about 53 miles over the New Mexico desert &mdash; enough to experience three to four minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth &mdash; and then safely glided back home to a runway landing.
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Earlier, a massive carrier plane took off and ascended to 50,000 feet before dropping space plane&nbsp;VSS Unity to complete the rest of the flight using its rocket-powered engine. While the flight landed back an hour after the take off, the space plane's journey was only about 15 minutes.&nbsp;

Branson's flight&nbsp;reached an altitude of about 53 miles &mdash; enough to experience three to four minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth

Richard Branson&nbsp;is back on Earth after a historic 15-minute space flight with 5 crew members.&nbsp;
Branson and fellow space travellers&nbsp;from his Virgin Galactic space tourism company reached an altitude of about 53 miles over the New Mexico desert &mdash; enough to experience three to four minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth &mdash; and then safely glided back home to a runway landing.
The British billionaire said he said done many ridiculous things in his life but the trip to space was an experience of a lifetime.&nbsp;
Earlier, a massive carrier plane took off and ascended to 50,000 feet before dropping space plane&nbsp;VSS Unity to complete the rest of the flight using its rocket-powered engine. While the flight landed back an hour after the take off, the space plane's journey was only about 15 minutes.&nbsp;

Virgin Galactic has slightly delayed the launch of its sub-orbital space flight Unity 22 carrying its boss Richard Branson and a crew of 5 due to bad weather in New Mexico.&nbsp;
The London-born founder of the Virgin Group wasn't supposed to soar to space until later this summer.
But he assigned himself to an earlier flight after Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos announced plans to ride his own rocket on July 20.
Virgin Galactic reached space for the first time in 2018, repeating the feat in 2019 and again this past May, each time with a minimal crew.&nbsp;

Take-off! Richard Branson flies into space with 5 crew members

Virgin Galactic's&nbsp;sub-orbital space flight with boss Richard Branson&nbsp;and 5 other crew members has taken off from New Mexico.

Virgin Galactic's space plane, Unity, took off attached to a specially designed double aircraft nicknamed Eve after Branson's late mother.

Virgin Galactic's&nbsp;sub-orbital space flight with boss Richard Branson&nbsp;and 5 other crew members has taken off from New Mexico. The flight was slightly delayed due to bad weather.&nbsp;
Virgin Galactic's space plane, Unity, took off attached to a specially designed double aircraft nicknamed Eve after Branson's late mother.
The London-born founder of the Virgin Group wasn't supposed to soar to space until later this summer.
But he assigned himself to an earlier flight after Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos announced plans to ride his own rocket on July 20.
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Richard Branson&nbsp;beats out the world's two richest men Jeff Bezos and Elon&nbsp;Musk to be the first to ride out into space as a 'space tourist' aboard the Virgin Galactic space craft Unity 22. And this has evoked responses from the on-looking billionaires.&nbsp;Amazon founder Jeff&nbsp;Bezos&nbsp;who takes off on July 20 for his space rendezvous also wished rival Branson&nbsp;all the very best on social media but not without a punch line.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bezos&nbsp;founded space firm Blue Origin took a jab at the Virgin Galactic's&nbsp;100 km&nbsp;journey signalling it not really to be 'space travel'&nbsp;&ldquo;For 96% of the world&rsquo;s population, space begins 100 km up,&rdquo; the company said.In a Twitter&nbsp;exchange Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX&nbsp;said "Will see you there to wish you the best."&nbsp; Even though Branson&nbsp;may have beaten Musk &amp; Bezos&nbsp;into&nbsp;space, Musk has a big head start into launching actual commercial operations for&nbsp;all-civilian crew .Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX, which plans to put tourists in its orbital Crew Dragon capsule for a longer and more expensive experience in space is looking at&nbsp; September launch

Bezos and Musk: What are the 'jealous' billionaires saying to Branson as he wins the space race

Bezos and Musk: What are the 'jealous' billionaires saying to Branson as suits up and wins the space race!

The Billionaire Space Race 

Bezos' Blue Origin takes on Virgin Galactic on twitter, which Musk gets the real headstart&nbsp;in space tourism plans for this September.&nbsp;

Richard Branson&nbsp;beats out the world's two richest men Jeff Bezos and Elon&nbsp;Musk to be the first to ride out into space as a 'space tourist' aboard the Virgin Galactic space craft Unity 22. And this has evoked responses from the on-looking billionaires.&nbsp;
ALSO WATCH:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.edtr.ai/9te8" target="_blank">Set for Blast Off: Branson to launch era of Space Tourism with Virgin Galactic today</a> Amazon founder Jeff&nbsp;Bezos&nbsp;who takes off on July 20 for his space rendezvous also wished rival Branson&nbsp;all the very best on social media but not without a punch line.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bezos&nbsp;founded space firm Blue Origin took a jab at the Virgin Galactic's&nbsp;100 km&nbsp;journey signalling it not really to be 'space travel'&nbsp;&ldquo;For 96% of the world&rsquo;s population, space begins 100 km up,&rdquo; the company said. In a Twitter&nbsp;exchange Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX&nbsp;said "Will see you there to wish you the best."&nbsp; Even though Branson&nbsp;may have beaten Musk &amp; Bezos&nbsp;into&nbsp;space, Musk has a big head start into launching actual commercial operations for&nbsp;all-civilian crew .Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX, which plans to put tourists in its orbital Crew Dragon capsule for a longer and more expensive experience in space is looking at&nbsp; September launch

The countdown finally ends as&nbsp;Richard Branson suits up fly to the edge of space with Virgin Galactic&nbsp;rocket plane Unity 22 today, marking the start of a new era of space tourism.&nbsp;
Branson, who turns 71 this month,&nbsp;beats Jeff&nbsp;Bezos&nbsp;by a week to be the first billionaire in space on a flight that has been 17 years in the making.&nbsp;The billionaire tweeted; "From dream to reality, this,&nbsp;The next chapter begins."&nbsp;Virgin's Unity 22 mission is the company's fourth crewed mission beyond Earth's atmosphere but the first to carry a non-astronaut.&nbsp;The space flight will last about 90 minutes and end where it began - on a runway at Spaceport America near the aptly named town of Truth or Consequences in New Mexico.&nbsp;With this fight takes off hopes of&nbsp; for many space enthusiasts who are standing in line next. Virgin Galactic a $11 billion publicly traded company has 700 paying customers, who have waited patiently in line, ready to pay over $200,000 each for the ride.&nbsp;Richard Branson

Set for Blast Off: Branson to launch era of Space Tourism with Virgin Galactic today

Richard Branson&nbsp;set to Blast off! Launching a new era of space tourism, 17 years and $11 billion dollars on the line Watch history being made.&nbsp;

Set for the Blast Off: Branson to launch era of Space Tourism with Virgin Galactic today

(use shots from his 11, 10,9 8 twitter + launch shot from Virgin video + crew suiting up into blue suits) Billionaire Richard&nbsp;Branson&nbsp;has been counting down to launch into a new era of space tourism as the crew of Virgin Galactic's&nbsp;crew of Unity 22 gears up to make history and take off the first space tourism flight off from the deserts of New Mexico to the edge of space.&nbsp; Richard Branson&nbsp;From dream to reality, this is the story of @VirginGalactic . The next chapter begins tomorrow. Watch the #Unity22 launch live at 6 am PT | 9 am ET | 2 pm BST on http://virgingalactic.com Roll Full Video of Branson&nbsp; https://twitter.com/richardbranson/status/1413917659805143043?s=20

17 years in the making, the spaceflight set to take crew and billionaire Branson to the edge of space.&nbsp;

The countdown finally ends as&nbsp;Richard Branson suits up fly to the edge of space with Virgin Galactic&nbsp;rocket plane Unity 22 today, marking the start of a new era of space tourism.&nbsp;
ALSO WATCH:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.edtr.ai/9ten" target="_blank">Bezos and Musk: What are the 'jealous' billionaires saying to Branson as he wins the space race</a>
Branson, who turns 71 this month,&nbsp;beats Jeff&nbsp;Bezos&nbsp;by a week to be the first billionaire in space on a flight that has been 17 years in the making.&nbsp;The billionaire tweeted; "From dream to reality, this,&nbsp;The next chapter begins."&nbsp;Virgin's Unity 22 mission is the company's fourth crewed mission beyond Earth's atmosphere but the first to carry a non-astronaut.&nbsp;
ALSO WATCH:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.edtr.ai/9rc8" target="_blank">Meet the India born astronaut who will fly into space with Richard Branson</a> The space flight will last about 90 minutes and end where it began - on a runway at Spaceport America near the aptly named town of Truth or Consequences in New Mexico.&nbsp; With this fight takes off the hopes of many space enthusiasts who are standing in line next. Virgin Galactic, a $11 billion publicly-traded company has 700 paying customers, who have waited patiently in line, ready to pay over $200,000 each for the ride.

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