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FILE - Glen de Vries, right, takes a look as William Shatner, left, shows what rocket lift off did to his face during a media availability at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Oct. 13, 2021 (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
November 13, 2021, 8:04 am
Man who went to space with William Shatner dies in plane crash
Glen M. de Vries killed along with another person when small plane crashes; last month he took a 10-minute flight to the edge of space aboard Blue Origin spacecraft with actor
By AP
Photographers are silhouetted as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon attached lifts off on November 10, 2021, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
November 11, 2021, 10:10 am
SpaceX crew launched into orbit, carrying 600th space traveler in 60 years
As 4 astronauts head to International Space Station after a week’s delay, NASA expects space tourism to soon make the tally soar
By Marcia Dunn
William Shatner (left), with Jeff Bezos, at the end of his space voyage, October 13, 2021 (CBS screenshot)
October 13, 2021, 7:24 pm
Kirk crosses final frontier: Shatner hails ‘most profound experience’ in space
After flying on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket, becoming oldest man ever to leave Earth, Jewish actor who taught many to dream of the stars tears up over his ‘unbelievable’ trip
By AP and ToI Staff
In this image taken provided by SpaceX, a capsule carrying four people parachutes into the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. (SpaceX via AP)
September 19, 2021, 3:56 am
SpaceX’s first all-civilian orbital mission returns safely to Earth
‘That was a heck of a ride for us, and we’re just getting started,’ says billionaire captain Jared Isaacman, following 3-day mission
By AFP
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches carrying passengers Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, brother Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk, from its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
July 20, 2021, 6:00 pm
Jeff Bezos travels to space on own rocket: ‘Best day ever!’
Amazon founder blasts off on his Blue Origin’s first passenger flight, week after fellow billionaire Richard Branson rode his own spacecraft
By Marcia Dunn
In this photo provided by Blue Origin, from left to right: Mark Bezos, brother of Jeff Bezos; Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin; Oliver Daemen, of the Netherlands; and Wally Funk, aviation pioneer from Texas, pose for a photo. (Blue Origin via AP)
July 20, 2021, 3:41 pm
Bezos set to take off for space on his company’s first manned flight
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will blast off with eclectic group of passengers on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing
By Marcia Dunn
The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane Unity and mothership separate as they fly way above Spaceport America, near Truth and Consequences, New Mexico on July 11, 2021 on the way to the cosmos. (Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
July 11, 2021, 7:05 pm
British billionaire Richard Branson reaches edge of space in own rocket
Entrepreneur blasts off from a base in New Mexico aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, returns to earth safely
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and Marcia Dunn
This May 29, 2018, photo made available by Virgin Galactic shows the company's VSS Unity on its second supersonic flight. (Virgin Galactic via AP)
July 11, 2021, 1:35 pm
Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson to blast into space on rocket plane
Thrill-seeking billionaire to be joined by five company employees assigned to test flight; craft set to launch Sunday and soar high above New Mexico desert
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and Marcia Dunn
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