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- SpaceX launches and nearly lands starship on its first suborbital flight https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-launches-and-crashes-its-starship-mars-rocket/ 214 comments
- What's a suborbital flight? An aerospace engineer explains https://theconversation.com/whats-a-suborbital-flight-an-aerospace-engineer-explains-164279 13 comments space
- Copenhagen Suborbitals launches tomorrow (75% chance) - 30km test flight http://copenhagensuborbitals.com// 3 comments space
- Virgin Galactic again delays start of commercial suborbital flights https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-again-delays-start-of-commercial-suborbital-flights/ 8 comments space
- Virgin Galactic pushes back commercial suborbital flights to 2023 https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-pushes-back-commercial-suborbital-flights-to-2023/ 19 comments space
- CALT suborbital reusable launch vehicle successfully completes test flight https://weibo.com/5386897742/Kp2dordg8 7 comments space
- Copenhagen Suborbitals BPM5 Flight Qualification Test Livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNUv_jmZtAw 3 comments space
- Virgin Galactic Unveils Under Armour 'Spacewear' for Suborbital SpaceShipTwo Flights https://www.space.com/virgin-galactic-unveils-under-armour-spacesuits-spaceshiptwo.html 5 comments space
- Jeff Bezos’s rocket company, Blue Origin, to begin suborbital test flights this year. http://recode.net/2015/04/07/jeff-bezoss-rocket-company-to-begin-suborbital-test-flights-this-year/ 4 comments space
- Blue Origin Completes Acceptance Testing of BE-3 Engine for New Shepard Suborbital Flight http://www.blueorigin.com/media/press_release/blue-origin-completes-acceptance-testing-of-be-3-engine-for-new-shepard-sub 6 comments space
- Students send experiments to space on suborbital flight http://www.rocketstem.org/2013/11/03/students-send-experiments-%E2%80%A8to-space-suborbital-flight/ 4 comments space
- NASA selects Virgin Galactic for Suborbital Flights http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=34314 23 comments technology
- Polish company SpaceForest launches test flight of suborbital Perun vehicle https://europeanspaceflight.com/spaceforest-launch-test-flight-of-suborbital-perun-vehicle/ 5 comments space
- New Shepard returns to flight with successful suborbital mission https://spacenews.com/new-shepard-returns-to-flight-with-successful-suborbital-mission/ 5 comments space
- Elon on Twitter : First (really short) hops with one engine. Suborbital flights with three. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1107365369168056320?s=19 532 comments spacex
- Italy to have Europe's first Spaceport for space tourism. "First suborbital flights in 2020" [Italian article, translation in comments] http://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2018/05/12/news/in_puglia_lo_spazioporto_italiano_per_i_turisti_delle_stelle-196199872/ 9 comments europe
- Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceship, Enterprise, has made its first solo test flight http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11511604 346 comments science
- In the earth’s orbit and beyond: Suborbital flights, spaceships and space hotels http://www.bornrich.org/entry/future-tourism-adventurous-journeys-beyond-the-blue-sky/ 11 comments space
- Blue Origin launches NS-21 suborbital flight with six passengers https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/06/ns-21-launch/ 3 comments technology
- Blue Origin launches NS-21 suborbital flight with six passengers https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/06/ns-21-launch/ 129 comments space
- Blue Origin to simulate lunar gravity on suborbital flights for NASA https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-to-simulate-lunar-gravity-on-suborbital-flights-for-nasa/ 6 comments space
- First space tourists will face big risks, as private companies gear up for paid suborbital flights https://theconversation.com/first-space-tourists-will-face-big-risks-as-private-companies-gear-up-for-paid-suborbital-flights-138766 5 comments space
- First space tourists will face big risks, as private companies gear up for paid suborbital flights https://www.westport-news.com/news/amp/first-space-tourists-will-face-big-risks-as-15332453.php 4 comments worldnews
- Startup aerospace firm to take passengers on suborbital flights for half the price of Virgin Galactic http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/ctnj.php/tech/entry/commercial_space_company_hoping_to_cash_in_on_tourism/ 4 comments space
- China makes progress in reusability with secretive second flight of suborbital spaceplane https://spacenews.com/china-makes-progress-in-reusability-with-secretive-second-flight-of-suborbital-spaceplane/ 6 comments space
- Twice The Speed Of Concorde - China Aims For Suborbital Tourism By 2025, Full-Scale Hypersonic Flight by 2030 https://eurasiantimes.com/china-aims-for-suborbital-tourism-by-2025-full-scale-hypersonic-flight/ 4 comments technology
- Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand-Dutch space transportation company, has conducted five flights of the company’s Mk-II Aurora suborbital spaceplane. https://www.dawnaerospace.com/blog/mkii-flight-testing-commences 5 comments space
- The first space tourists will face huge risks, but private companies are already gearing up for the beginning of paid suborbital flights. https://astronomy.com/news/2020/06/first-space-tourists-will-face-big-risks-as-private-companies-gear-up-for-paid-suborbital-flights 6 comments worldnews
- Today I learned Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has a space company, Blue Origin, and they plan their first manned suborbital flight this year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/blue_origin 5 comments space
- French launch startup HyPrSpace has secured €35M in funding to support the development of its suborbital Baguette One vehicle through to a maiden flight in 2026 https://europeanspaceflight.com/hyprspace-secures-e35m-in-funding-for-maiden-baguette-one-launch/ 8 comments europe
- The German Bundeswehr (Armed Forces) are testing a prototype space plane they want to use for satellite launches, suborbital and hypersonic flights, human spaceflight and orbital cargo transport. They aim to have it operational in 2026/27. https://www.polaris-raumflugzeuge.de/Technology/Light-Spaceplane-AURORA 44 comments futurology
- The future of space launches: a giant spinning arm in a vacuum. Within the next eight months, SpinLaunch plans to conduct about 30 more tests of its suborbital accelerator in New Mexico — which was only putting 20% of its total power behind this first test flight https://www.freethink.com/space/satellite-launches 57 comments space
- Elon Musk mocks Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin flight by saying 'your rocket can be shorter' for suborbital launches https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-shorter-rocket-code-conference-2021-9 7 comments space
- Blue Origin will launch its next New Shepard suborbital test flight today. Here's how to watch live. (New Shepard will carry 12 payloads on the upcoming flight, including NASA's Deorbit, Descent and Landing Sensor Demonstration) https://www.space.com/blue-origin-new-shepard-ng-13-launch-september-2020 4 comments space
- The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation has issued a launch license to SpaceX enabling suborbital flights of its Starship prototype from Boca Chica. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/licenses_permits/media/final_%20license%20and%20orders%20spacex%20starship%20prototype%20lrlo%2020-119)lliu1.pdf 188 comments spacex
- [Live Stream] When this submission is 40 minutes old, Exos Aerospace will launch its fourth SARGE suborbital rocket flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78osEuHIFBI 8 comments space
- Lift off of the Mercury-Redstone vehicle with Alan B. Shepard aboard. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, Shepard would become the first American in space. May 5, 1961. https://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/images/high/6414825.jpg 3 comments space
- Jeff maybe unaware SpaceX suborbital VTOL flight began 2013. Orbital water landing 2014. Orbital land landing next. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/669199392231063552 158 comments spacex
- Possible April Fools joke? George Takei posts contest for two winners to "adventure on a suborbital flight and take in the amazing sights of our planet from the portholes of a SpaceX vessel, which will be aptly christened Enterprise." http://georgetakeistwotospace.com/ 11 comments spacex
- On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule in a 15-minute suborbital flight, becoming America's first astronaut. In this image, he is shown being hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter after splashdown. [pic] http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/340806main_gpn-2000-001361_full.jpg 20 comments space