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Boeing has yet to nail down 100% the problem that forced the scrub of the August launch attempt of its CST-100 Starliner test flight to the International Space Station, so the company has decided to keep testing while grabbing hardware from a future flight in the hopes of maybe getting the much delayed mission off the ground in the first half of 2022.

A Japanese space tourist on Monday rejected criticism from those who questioned his decision to pay a fortune for a trip to the International Space Station, saying the “amazing” experience was worth it.

Blue Origin’s third flight of its New Shepard rocket with human passengers missed its original planned launch window this week, but is aiming for liftoff Saturday carrying former NFL star and “Good Morning America” anchor Michael Strahan plus the daughter of the first American in space and four others into space.

SpaceX is pushing forward with its increased pace of launches in 2021 sending up another Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center early Thursday morning.

With his future ride to space still under construction, a Japanese billionaire and a film producer in tow hitched a ride with a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.

The lineup of rocket companies looking to launch from the Space Coast in Florida will get a new player in January.

One of 10 new NASA astronaut candidates grew up with rocket launches in his back yard.

Elon Musk said SpaceX has begun construction on an orbital launch pad for its next-generation Starship rocket at Kennedy Space Center, bringing to the Space Coast the world’s most powerful spacecraft that he hopes will eventually take people to Mars.

The youngest, the oldest, the first. Blue Origin suborbital flights on its New Shepard rocket keep checking boxes to set new space records.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said this month that his company will attempt to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit in January, but he’s not betting on success for that first test flight.