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Humans will be living & working on the Moon by the end of this decade thanks to Artemis 1, says NASA
Fp Staff •NASA is confident that if the Artemis 1 Mission is successful, they will be able to put astronauts on the moon for a long-term basis who are going to be living on the surface and do research by as early as 2024-2025.
Want to send a parcel to the Moon? A Japanese startup is working to establish a courier service for space
Mehul Das •A Japanese aeronautical company ISpace is planning to establish the world's first courier service that services people in space. They will help transport commercial products and research equipment up in space, on behalf of institutes, private players, and certain governments.
Up, up and away: As Blue Origin makes its sixth flight, how much does space tourism cost and will it ever be affordable?
Fp Explainers •After a number of flights into space by SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic in the last one year and several more lined up, one thing is certain: space tourism is finally taking off. But, with prices running into hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions, will it ever be affordable?
Apple is apparently planning to launch a secret space network for iPhones
Fp Staff •Apple has been contemplating including satellite connectivity to their phones for some time now. It seems that if they actually go through with their plans, they may be the first smartphone manufacturer to provide connectivity in space.
Explained: How the world’s first space hotel plans on replicating the Earth’s gravity in space
Fp Explainers •Regular, untrained human beings have extreme difficulty adjusting to zero gravity for long periods of time. An American startup, which is also planning to launch the first hotel in space, says they will also be duplicating the Earth’s gravity. Here’s how.
Russian actress, director launch into space, will film world’s first movie aboard Space Station
•Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko blasted off in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, a veteran of three space missions.
SpaceX capsule with its first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down in Atlantic
•The all-amateur crew was the first to circle the world without a professional astronaut
Sending four civilian into orbit, Inspiration4 mission will bring space tourism one step closer to reality
•The mission’s emphasis on public involvement and the fact that Inspiration4 will send regular people into orbit for three days make it a milestone in space tourism.
Here are the eight space tourism options that will give you a taste for the unknown
•Elon Musk's SpaceX has four private space tours - Inspiration4, AX-1, space adventure and dearMoon - lined up with various private players travelling to the moon or orbiting the earth.
With billionaires launching, is it time to implement a new international space treaty?
Undark •More than half a century after humans first set foot on the moon, there remains no clearly established, agreed-upon rules governing space activity.