space Paying $50K to Go to Space is Actually a Bargain Right now, spacefaring companies charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to tourists who want to see Earth from up high. But the company World View plans to charge $50,000 when it starts commercial space flights in 2024. Additionally, some seats on the initial flights will be given away for free, World View CEO Ryan Hartman said on LX News.
International Space Station How Russia's Ukraine Invasion Puts the International Space Station at Risk The International Space Station (ISS) has been a symbol of international cooperation since it was conceived by former President Ronald Reagan in 1984. But that doesn’t mean the partnership hasn’t been uncomplicated — and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put the decades-long partnership at greater risk than ever before.
blue origin Blue Origin Launches 6 People Into Space Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin carried six more space tourists out of the Earth’s atmosphere Thursday.
james webb telescope NASA's James Webb Telescope Is Basically a Time Machine: Here's How It Works NASA’s James Webb telescope is going to change our understanding of the universe forever. Maurice te Plate of the European Space Agency, who is a systems engineer for the telescope, joined LX News Now host Eric Alvarez to explain why it is a “game changer.”
space William Shatner Says Blue Origin Flight Changed Him Even at 90 years old, you can get a new outlook on life – and a thrilled William Shatner told reporters that seeing the curvature of the Earth and the darkness of space changed him. We show you the Blue Origin launch and hear from NBC News Science Reporter Denise Chow about what it means for Jeff Bezos’ spacefaring company.
space Through 20 Years in Space, He Saw Climate Change Happen Costa Rican American astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz saw the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the pollution of the world’s oceans happen over 20 years in trips to space. These days, after making history as the first Latino astronaut to go into space, Chang-Díaz is working on plasma propulsion, a project which could be ready in a few years and drastically...
space Why This Scientist Says There's a ‘Planet 9' – Even Though He Hasn't Seen It Michael Brown, best known as the Caltech scientist who “demoted” or “killed” Pluto, believes there is a ninth planet in the far reaches of the solar system that has not been discovered yet. The man whose team previously discovered dwarf planets Eris and Sedna explains his hunch about the next planet out there.
blue origin A Once-Quiet West Texas Town Embraces Its New Role in the Space Race When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos blasted off to the edge of space Tuesday, some of his most enthusiastic spectators were from the quiet ranching town of Van Horn, Texas, just 25 miles from the launch site of Bezos’ private spaceflight company Blue Origin. LX News host Jobeth Devera traveled to Van Horn to see how it has been transformed by...
SPACEX With SpaceX in Town, Could Residents Lose Their Homes? SpaceX has a spaceport in Boca Chica, an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas. Some residents still live there while the company is trying to buy them out of their homes – but a newly created spaceport development corporation could use the power of eminent domain to seize those homes instead, says Sara Bronin of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
space This Asteroid Could Explain the Origin of Life, Before it Hits Us Watch out for September 24, 2187: if the asteroid called Bennu is going to collide with Earth, that’s when it’s going to happen. In the meantime, a team of scientists sent a lander to the asteroid to collect samples. Determining what the asteroid is made of can help track its trajectory, and also provide insight into the beginnings of...
