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Francesca Street, CNN • Published 30th April 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 7 Pictures (CNN) — On April 30, 2001, US millionaire Dennis Tito arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) via a Russian Soyuz rocket, becoming the worlds first space tourist. For Tito, then 60, it was the culmination of a dream hed held since he was a young man, one hed shelled out a cool $20 million for to make a reality. Reflecting on the journey two decades on, Tito is gleeful when describing the moment the r...

Sponsored Prime Movers Lab, an investor in scientific breakthrough startups that has attracted capital from hedge fund managers Bill Ackman and Dmitry Balyasny, may soon benefit from a deal with another blank-check company. The firm was an early backer of commercial space business Momentus, which is going public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Stable Road Acquisition Corp. More SPAC mergers are coming, according to founder Dakin Sloss. “We have three others that will...

SHARE Photo courtesy of SpaceX via Unsplash Spaceflight has been closely studied since the first man landed on the moon in 1969, and thanks to the proper resources and technology, it may not be long until it becomes a common form of travel. In our third Families of Worth session, we discussed the future of space travel and how it will impact humanity. Ishay Levin, vice president and assistant portfolio manager at Baron Funds, Rachel Lyons, executive director of Space for Humanity, and Dyla...

Florida’s Space Coast the Number 1 Launch Site in the World in 2020 Share Article After the busiest launch year in decades, the Space Coast prepares for a new record in 2021 In 2020, 31 successful attempts flew from Florida’s Space Coast surpassing the record in 1966. COCOA BEACH, Fla. (PRWEB) January 18, 2021 Historical launches like the return to crewed space flight and Mars2020 helped propel Florida’s Space Coast to their...