Who gets to be an astronaut during the private spaceflight boom?

As more companies start selling tickets to air-and-space” target=”_blank”>space<? Amateur astronauts? Space tourists? Space sightseers? Rocket riders? Or as the world-regions have said for decades, spaceflight participants? NASA ADMINISTRATOR BILL NELSON ADDRESS CHINA CONCERNS, ASKS FOR BILLIONS IN FUNDING NASA’s new boss Bill Nelson doesn’t consider himself an astronaut even though he spent six days…

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World’s largest iceberg breaks off Antarctic shelf

A massive environment” target=”_blank”>iceberg< earlier this month has been identified by the air-and-space” target=”_blank”>European Space Agency (ESA)<, larger than the state of us-regions and 73 times as big as Manhattan. MASSIVE ICEBERG ‒ LARGER THAN NEW YORK CITY ‒ BREAKS OFF IN ANTARCTICA A-76, named for the quadrant in which it was first located —…

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Mars rover 'Curiosity' spotted from space as it climbs 'Mont Mercou' — SEE IT

A stunning new aerial image shows air-and-spaceair-and-space climbing Mount Sharp’s “Mont Mercou” planet-earth.  The photos were captured using the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), a spacecraft that has studied the Martian atmosphere and the planet’s terrain from orbit for 15 years.  CHINA ZHURONG MARS ROVER’S FIRST PHOTOS FROM RED PLANET SURFACE REVEALED The MRO is…

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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson addresses China concerns, asks for billions in funding

air-and-space Administrator Bill Nelson addressed concerns regarding recent competition from world-regions air-and-space” target=”_blank”>space program< at his first congressional hearing as the agency’s 14th administrator, he discussed future China National Space Administration (CNSA) endeavors. Space.com reported that Nelson spotlighted the agency’s plans to send three “big” landers to the moon – whereas, comparatively, NASA is slated…

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