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NASA's Artemis I mission, the first in its push to return astronauts to the moon, is coming to an end after 26 days in space with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 12:40 p.m. Eastern.No astronauts were aboard the craft as it flew over the lunar surface and reached a distance of more than 268,000 miles from Earth, but the flight has gone exceedingly well, raising hopes for Artemis II, the first flight with crew.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is paying for eight other people to join him on a trip around the moon.(Pavel Kassin/AP)Japanese billionaire and space enthusiast Yusaku Maezawa on Friday released the names of eight people - including American DJ Steve Aoki and Kpop star Choi Seung-hyun, better known as T.O.P - who will join him on a commercial space flight around the moon that is planned for next year.

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.Startup Relativity Space sent what it's calling the world's first 3D-printed rocket toward space on Wednesday, vaulting it into the upper reaches of the atmosphere.

Amazon has designed three satellite broadband user terminals and will start offering Internet service in 2024, the company announced today.The standard terminal, designed for residential and small business customers, is expected to cost Amazon less than $400 to make; Amazon did not say what it will charge customers for the terminals or for monthly service plans.

The test of the Starship's engines may have set a record for the most thrust ever produced by a single space rocket.SpaceX has conducted a successful test-firing of the engines on the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to eventually send astronauts to the Moon and Mars.The test on Thursday, called a static fire, of the 33 Raptor engines on the first-stage booster of SpaceX's Starship took place at the private space company's base in Texas and appeared to set a new record for the most thrust ever produced by a single space rocket.

The US military recently released a rather mundane-sounding document titled "National Security Space Launch Phase 3 DRAFT Request for Proposals #1."That may be a mouthful of jargon, but it's still a rather consequential document.Effectively, its release is the starting gun for the next round of launch contracts for US spy satellites, secure communications satellites, and more.

On Wednesday, the Washington-based space company Blue Origin posted a job opening for a position titled "Blue Ring Senior Program Manager."However, the posting to the company's Workday "Careers" page was taken down less than 24 hours later-perhaps because it contained details about an advanced program the company does not yet want to discuss publicly.

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NASA has selected Blue Origin's New Glenn, the company's heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle that has yet to go on its first launch, for a science mission to Mars.As notes, it's also the company's first interplanetary NASA contract.The mission is called Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers or ESCAPADE, and it was designed to study the planet's magnetosphere using twin spacecraft.

Welcome to Edition 5.17 of the Rocket Report!The big question this week is the health of NASA's Space Launch System rocket after riding out Hurricane Nicole.Following a preliminary analysis, the space agency says it survived the storm in good condition.Further analysis will be required, however.As always, we welcome reader submissions, and if you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site).

We've still got some time to go before commercial space tourism goes mainstream, and the early birds taking up the initiative will reap the maximum benefit of client accusation.SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have already planted a firm foot in the space tourism industry, but their packages are only within reach of the ultra-rich.

Ten of the world's tech billionaires lost a combined $575 billion in 2022 as stocks tumbled.Inflation, a strong US dollar, and a tough digital-ad market took a toll on tech companies.Here are the tech billionaires who lost the most money, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.Net-worth figures are as of December 30.

NASA got its giant Space Launch System off the ground for the first time in 2022, lighting up the night in Florida with an incredible stream of flame as it carried the Artemis I mission toward the moon.That shifted attention to SpaceX, which is building a next generation rocket, Starship, that is also central to NASA's crewed Artemis III moon landing attempt.

Amazon.com Inc. is laying off employees in its devices and services units, America's second-largest private employer informed its staff on Wednesday following recent reports that it would cut around 10,000 jobs.The e-commerce giant did not share details on the number of jobs it will cut or a time period.

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.comInc. and the fourth-richest person in the world, said he plans to give away the bulk of his fortune during his lifetime.Bezos will devote the money to fighting climate change and supporting people who can unify humanity in the face of deep social and political divisions, he told CNN, the first time the billionaire has committed to such a pledge.