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The money was raised by auctioning off a seat on Blue Origin's upcoming spaceflight. Blue Origin's New Shepard Spacecraft First Step launches on a suborbital spaceflight from West Texas on April 14, 2021. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin raised some serious cash for space nonprofits from its recent auction of a trip to space with company founder Last month, the company auctioned off a seat on the first crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle, which is scheduled to lift off from West Texas on July 20. Bezos himself will be on the flight, which is doubtless a big reason why...

If you have a lot of money, you can now reserve a ticket on a balloon journey to the stratosphere. If you have a lot of money, you can now reserve a ticket on a balloon journey to the stratosphere.

They're $125,000 apiece. Space Perspective's "Neptune One" balloon-borne test vehicle took this photo from an altitude of about 100,000 feet (30,000 meters) during the company's first test flight, on June 18, 2021. (Image credit: Space Perspective) You can now book a seat on a balloon ride to the stratosphere — if you've got pretty deep pockets. Florida-based company Space Perspective has started accepting seat reservations for its "Spaceship Neptune," a balloon-borne pressurized capsule designed to carry eight passengers and one pilot to an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000 meters). The pr...

3 Tallahassee teens create project destined for International Space Station A group of local teenagers are having a major impact on the science community across the globe. and last updated 2021-02-11 23:23:52-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — A group of local teenagers are having a major impact on the science community across the globe. "You take a step back and like, I was in high school and I designed an experiment that's going to the ISS," said Iyshwary Warren, now a student at Stanford and one of the members of Team Lotus. The three teens put together an experiment that will blast off...

United Raises Miles for Dozens of Non-Profits that Rely on Travel Airline and its customers use crowdsourcing platform - Miles on a Mission - to donate more than 11 million miles for charities like the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, College to Congress and Compass to Care Dec 21, 2020 11:30 AM ET Tweet This:  Press Release CHICAGO, Dec. 18, 2020 /3BL Media/ -- United is inviting MileagePlus members to give back on Giving Tuesday and throughout the holiday season by donating miles to nearly 40 non-profits through United Airlines' crowdsourcing platform, Miles on a Mission. Non-profits like ...