Tag: zero gravity
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Blue Origin scores big in NASA’s latest batch of flight opportunities for space tech
Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster heads for a touchdown after a test flight in December. (Blue Origin Photo) NASA’s Flight Opportunities program has selected 15 promising space technologies for testing on suborbital flights, and almost half of them are set to fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship. Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space venture, headquartered…
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How can you drink Champagne in zero-G? Winemaker builds a bottle to find out
A team sponsored by the Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar Project samples sparkling wine poured from a specially designed bottle aboard a zero-gravity airplane flight. (Maison Mumm Champagne via YouTube) Will future spacefliers be able to drink a bit of celebratory bubbly in zero gravity? Leave it to a French winemaker to find out, using some…