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NASA and the US Department of Energy awarded three $5m contracts to produce reactor-design concepts for trips to Mars.

How many rocket engines does it take to build a city on Mars?

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to build a Mars city. Here’s how many engines his Starship will need to get there.

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The four citizen astronauts flying to space with Inspiration4 this September experienced weightlessness for the first time this weekend during a zero-g training flight.

Join the SRIC3 final event big party!

Here’s where you can find the Zoom coordinates to join us celebrating the 2021 Space Renaissance Congress completed:

Though the voting process will remain open until Thursday July 15th, i am happy to announce that **we have elected the new President of Space Renaissance International, Prof. Bernard Foing, and the new Board of Directors!**

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Bizarre coincidence or fate?

One of the leading developers of rocket technology for the Nazis during World War II appears to have predicted the rise of an “Elon” that would one day rule over human colonies on Mars.

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To the moon — and beyond.

A new partnership just announced by NASA makes it official that the space agency is very much in the business of getting back to the moon.

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Richard Branson has finally launched to the edge of space aboard his Virgin Galactic space plane, a flight more than 15 years in the making. The billionaire has narrowly become the first person to fly on a spacecraft of their own making, beating Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos by a matter of days.

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Richard Branson, the founder of spaceflight firm Virgin Galactic, successfully went to space for the first time on Sunday. It is a milestone for space tourism.

Meet ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas.’

The drone fleet used by SpaceX to catch falling rockets now has a third autonomous ship, whimsically called “A Shortfall of Gravitas.”

Founder Elon Musk unveiled the newest floating rocket landing pad on Twitter Friday (July 9) along with a dramatic video from a flying drone circling the ship.