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Asgardia

Concept art of Asgardia, the first nation in space.

The Quest to Build the First Sovereign Nation in Space

Today, in Hong Kong, the first sovereign nation in space has released their plans to launch the Asgardia-1 satellite.
By Robin Seemangal
1. World View Enterprises will start sending people on high altitude balloon rides2017 is the year near-space exploration company World View Enterprises plans to start send paying customers 100,000 feet in the air on high-altitude balloon rides. A ride, which will set you back $75,000, is five or six hours from start to finish and includes two hours in the stratosphere where you’re higher than 99 percent of Earth’s atmosphere. Read more about the project here.

10 Amazing Space Missions You Won’t Believe Are Happening in 2017

SpaceX, NASA and others will be taking us closer than ever to space tourism and colonization.
By Sage Lazzaro
Concept art of SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket

The Biggest Space Stories of 2016: The Good, the Bad and the Weird

SpaceX had another busy year, while scientists confirmed a 100-year-old theory about black holes and even intercepted possible alien signals
By John Bonazzo

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