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Focus: Human Spaceflight
January 14, 2021
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard suborbital rocket on Thursday, testing upgrades to its crew capsule. This was the 14th New Shepard mission for Blue Origin, the commercial launch service of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos. The New Shepard is a reusable suborbital rocket designed to take space tourists and research payloads to the edge…
January 11, 2021
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have signed an MOU to support commercial space activities. Under the MOU signed Jan. 8, the FAA and NASA have agreed to collaborate on a stable launch and reentry industry framework between the agencies’ regulations to avoid conflicting requirements and multiple sets of standards. The two agencies have…