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Space.com's editors present a reading list for space and sci-fi lovers, as well as children who are interested in astronomy and spaceflight.

A champagne developed for the microgravity environment of space has found its ride into Earth orbit. Maison Mumm has partnered with Axiom Space to launch Mumm Cordon Rouge Stellar on future missions.

Blue Origin's will launch 6 passengers on space tourist mission NS-22, with launch date to come. Here are live updates of the launch.

The Canadian Space Agency is expanding its spaceflight options through an agreement with Axiom Space, which has already organized a crewed mission with SpaceX.

Hotel giant Hilton is extending its operations to orbit with a new partnership on the Starlab private space station, which may be operational in 2027.

Brian Binnie, who in 2004 became only the second person in history to pilot a private craft into space, has died at the age of 69.

The failure of a Blue Origin rocket during an uncrewed launch this month has members of Congress urging for more transparency of an FAA investigation into the accident.

Inspiration4 raised $250 million for charity during the first-ever all-private crewed mission to orbit, and it's just the start of a program using SpaceX vehicles for private flights.

NASA requested proposals for two additional private missions to the International Space Station to run between late 2023 and 2024, adding on to others approved or already flown with Axiom Space.

Blue Origin is working to understand what caused Monday's accident, and the FAA is overseeing the investigation.

Hayley Arceneaux's new memoir chronicles her journey from childhood cancer survivor to one of four civilians on board a SpaceX mission in September 2021.

Polaris Dawn aims to launch in late 2022 for a mission including the first commercial spacewalk. Inspiration4 astronaut Jared Isaacman will once again fly in space.

NASA and Axiom Space are targeting the second quarter of 2023 for the Ax-2 mission, which will send four private citizens to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule.

Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic will delay its first commercial flight by about three months due to issues with upgrades to its mothership fleet, which carries spaceships aloft.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, who is currently in orbit, is lead author on a scientific paper. The topic is the Curiosity mission that reaches its 10th anniversary on Mars Aug. 5.

Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle carried six people on a roughly 10-minute flight today (Aug. 4) — a brief mission, but long enough to change the passengers' lives forever.

Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle carried six people to the final frontier this morning (Aug. 4), including a few who notched spaceflight firsts.

Blue Origin will launch six people to suborbital space and back on Thursday morning (Aug. 4), and you can watch the action live.

If you're a fan of spaceflight, then Thursday will be a banner day with no less than four different rockets launching missions off planet Earth.

The first of the Polaris program launches should lift off in December 2022, its billionaire commander says.