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Blue Origin Sends 750th Human to Space in Landmark Suborbital Flight from Texas
Blue Origin launched six tourists on its NS-33 mission, sending them past the Kármán Line and marking the 750th human in space. The 10-minute suborbital flight reached 105.2 km before landing safely in West Texas. The crew, dubbed “The Solstice 33,” experienced weightlessness and carried student postcards as part of Blue Origin’s educationa...
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"Pahalgam Bustling With Activity": Omar Abdullah On Tourism Revival
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the efforts put in by him and his colleagues for the revival of tourism in Kashmir are bearing fruit, as tourists are returning to the Valley.
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Tourist Revenue Drying Up In Pahalgam, Operators Ready To Sell Cabs
Pahalgam's taxi stand, where there is usually no space to stand in the months of June and July due to tourist crowd - now stands empty.
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Astronaut Or Space Tourist? Debate Rages Over Who Gets The Title
The recent all-women spaceflight carried out on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin vehicle has raised discussion of who gets to be called an astronaut.
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Blue Origin Targets November 22 for Next Space Tourism Flight NS-28
Blue Origin is set to launch its ninth crewed mission, NS-28, on 22 November from its West Texas facility. The mission will take six passengers to suborbital space, including Emily Calandrelli, an MIT-educated engineer and science communicator, along with seasoned space tourists Marc and Sharon Hagle. The 10–12-minute flight will offer a brief pe...
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Chinese Company Deep Blue Aerospace Aims to Start Space Tourism by 2027
Deep Blue Aerospace, based in Jiangsu, China, has announced its intention to enter the space tourism market, planning to launch paying customers into suborbital space by 2027. Tickets will cost approximately $210,000, promising a comprehensive journey beyond a brief weightlessness experience. The reusable rocket-capsule system is similar to Blue Or...
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Sandbags, Bomb Shelters On Crimea Beaches After Deadly Missile Strike
Tourists thronging the Black Sea beaches of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula this summer share the space with a grim new arrival: bomb shelters and sandbags.
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Watch: India's 1st Space Tourist Shows Off Indian Flag During Flight
Indian-origin entrepreneur and pilot Gopichand Thotakura made history by becoming the first Indian tourist to venture into space as part of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's NS-25 mission.
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Gopi Thotakura Makes History, Becomes First Indian Space Tourist
Indian expatriate Gopi Thotakura made history as he became the first Indian space tourist and the second Indian to venture into space as part of the crew for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's NS-25 mission.
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1st Indian Goes To Space As Tourist On Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Flight
Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin resumed its space flight today, after a two-year hiatus. A group of six adventurers completed an 11-minute journey to space after liftoff from Texas.
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin To Resume Space Tourist Flights After 2-Year Pause
Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin will resume flights to space on Sunday, ending a near two-year pause of crewed operations following a 2022 mission failure.
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5 Facts About Gopi Thotakura, Indian Selected For Blue Origin Space Mission
Aerospace company Blue Origin has revealed its six-person crew set to embark on its NS-25 mission. It's the 25th mission in the program's history and the seventh time people will fly on the New Shepard spacecraft.
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"Exceeded Wildest Dreams": Virgin Galactic's First Space Trip With Tourists
Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said.
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Opinion: A Plan For Bursting Shimla Draws Huge Objections
The population of Shimla is around 2.41 lakh, as of Census 2011, besides a floating population of some 70,000 tourists per day during peak season. The hill station lacks a public transport system, parking space and pedestrian infrastructure.
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SpaceX to Fly First Space Tourist, Entrepreneur Dennis Tito, Around the Moon on Starship
SpaceX plans to announce two new space tourists slated to fly on the Starship rocket: Dennis Tito, the world’s first-ever space tourist in 2001, and his wife, Akiko. The couple paid an undisclosed amount to fly around the moon on Starship once the vehicle is complete. They will travel with 10 other undisclosed passengers on a roughly week-long ...
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Blue Origin Sends 750th Human to Space in Landmark Suborbital Flight from Texas
Blue Origin launched six tourists on its NS-33 mission, sending them past the Kármán Line and marking the 750th human in space. The 10-minute suborbital flight reached 105.2 km before landing safely in West Texas. The crew, dubbed “The Solstice 33,” experienced weightlessness and carried student postcards as part of Blue Origin’s educationa...
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"Pahalgam Bustling With Activity": Omar Abdullah On Tourism Revival
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the efforts put in by him and his colleagues for the revival of tourism in Kashmir are bearing fruit, as tourists are returning to the Valley.
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Tourist Revenue Drying Up In Pahalgam, Operators Ready To Sell Cabs
Pahalgam's taxi stand, where there is usually no space to stand in the months of June and July due to tourist crowd - now stands empty.
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Astronaut Or Space Tourist? Debate Rages Over Who Gets The Title
The recent all-women spaceflight carried out on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin vehicle has raised discussion of who gets to be called an astronaut.
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Blue Origin Targets November 22 for Next Space Tourism Flight NS-28
Blue Origin is set to launch its ninth crewed mission, NS-28, on 22 November from its West Texas facility. The mission will take six passengers to suborbital space, including Emily Calandrelli, an MIT-educated engineer and science communicator, along with seasoned space tourists Marc and Sharon Hagle. The 10–12-minute flight will offer a brief pe...
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Chinese Company Deep Blue Aerospace Aims to Start Space Tourism by 2027
Deep Blue Aerospace, based in Jiangsu, China, has announced its intention to enter the space tourism market, planning to launch paying customers into suborbital space by 2027. Tickets will cost approximately $210,000, promising a comprehensive journey beyond a brief weightlessness experience. The reusable rocket-capsule system is similar to Blue Or...
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Sandbags, Bomb Shelters On Crimea Beaches After Deadly Missile Strike
Tourists thronging the Black Sea beaches of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula this summer share the space with a grim new arrival: bomb shelters and sandbags.
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Watch: India's 1st Space Tourist Shows Off Indian Flag During Flight
Indian-origin entrepreneur and pilot Gopichand Thotakura made history by becoming the first Indian tourist to venture into space as part of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's NS-25 mission.
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Gopi Thotakura Makes History, Becomes First Indian Space Tourist
Indian expatriate Gopi Thotakura made history as he became the first Indian space tourist and the second Indian to venture into space as part of the crew for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's NS-25 mission.
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1st Indian Goes To Space As Tourist On Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Flight
Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin resumed its space flight today, after a two-year hiatus. A group of six adventurers completed an 11-minute journey to space after liftoff from Texas.
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin To Resume Space Tourist Flights After 2-Year Pause
Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin will resume flights to space on Sunday, ending a near two-year pause of crewed operations following a 2022 mission failure.
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5 Facts About Gopi Thotakura, Indian Selected For Blue Origin Space Mission
Aerospace company Blue Origin has revealed its six-person crew set to embark on its NS-25 mission. It's the 25th mission in the program's history and the seventh time people will fly on the New Shepard spacecraft.
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"Exceeded Wildest Dreams": Virgin Galactic's First Space Trip With Tourists
Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said.
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Opinion: A Plan For Bursting Shimla Draws Huge Objections
The population of Shimla is around 2.41 lakh, as of Census 2011, besides a floating population of some 70,000 tourists per day during peak season. The hill station lacks a public transport system, parking space and pedestrian infrastructure.
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SpaceX to Fly First Space Tourist, Entrepreneur Dennis Tito, Around the Moon on Starship
SpaceX plans to announce two new space tourists slated to fly on the Starship rocket: Dennis Tito, the world’s first-ever space tourist in 2001, and his wife, Akiko. The couple paid an undisclosed amount to fly around the moon on Starship once the vehicle is complete. They will travel with 10 other undisclosed passengers on a roughly week-long ...
