Marcia Dunn

AP Aerospace Writer

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In this Sunday, July 11, 2021 file photo, the craft carrying Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and other crew members takes off from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, N.M. Virgin Galactic plans to launch three Italian researchers to the edge of space in a few weeks, even as its previous flight with founder Richard Branson is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.

FAA Bans Virgin Galactic Launches While Probing Branson Trip

During the July flight, the space plane dropped below the protected airspace for one minute and 41 seconds.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches carrying passengers Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, brother Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk, from its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021.

Blue Origin's Bezos Reaches Space on 1st Passenger Flight

Bezos called it the "best day ever."

Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, left, receives a Virgin Galactic made astronaut wings pin from Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield after his flight to space from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, N.M., Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Branson Reaches Space in His Own Ship

Branson and five crewmates reached an altitude of 53.5 miles.

In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, Richard Branson, right, founder of Virgin Galactic, and company executives gather for photos outside the New York Stock Exchange before his company's IPO. Branson announced Thursday, July 1, 2021 he plans to fly into space this month on the next test flight of his Virgin Galactic rocket ship. The launch window will open July 11.

Branson Plans to Beat Bezos to Space

This undated file illustration provided by Blue Origin shows the capsule that the company aims to take tourists into space. The price to rocket into space next month with Jeff Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million. That was the winning bid during the live online auction on Saturday, June 12, 2021.

Winning Auction Bid to Fly in Space with Jeff Bezos: $28M

The flight is scheduled to take place on the 52nd anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s moon landing.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off in this time exposure from Launch Complex 39A Friday, April 23, 2021, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-2 mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX Launches 3rd Crew with Recycled Rocket & Capsule

It was the first time SpaceX reused a capsule and rocket to launch astronauts for NASA.

The camera froze on this frame before the explosion.

SpaceX Launches Test Rocket, Breaks Apart Before Landing

Elon Musk tweeted "at least the crater is in the right place!"

This photo provided by NASA shows US astronaut Kate Rubins outside the International Space Station during a space walk on Friday, March 5, 2021. Rubins and Japan's Soichi Noguchi floated outside to complete unfinished work from Sunday's spacewalk. More mounting brackets and struts need to be installed for new and improved solar panels due to arrive in June.

Spacewalk Tackles Solar Panel Advance Work

The six new solar wings will fit over the older ones and boost the station’s power capability by up to 30%.

In this Aug. 13, 1965 photo provided by the San Diego Air and Space Museum, technicians work on an Atlas Centaur 7 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla. A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a Centaur 7 upper stage rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.

NASA Says Mystery Object Isn't Asteroid

It's actually a 54-year-old rocket.

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. NASA is underestimating the amount of time and money it will take to bring Mars rocks back to Earth in the coming decade, an independent panel said Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020.

NASA Needs More Time, Money to Bring Back Mars Rocks

These challenges could add about $1 billion in unforeseen costs.

In this Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, image released by SpaceX/NASA, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts, from left, mission specialist Shannon Walker, pilot Victor Glover, and Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, all NASA astronauts, and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut, gesture during crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. SpaceX’s second astronaut flight is off until mid-November 2020 because red lacquer dripped into tiny vent holes in two rocket engines that now must be replaced.

Red Coating Contaminates SpaceX Rockets

Lacquer dripped into tiny vent holes in two rocket engines, which now must be replaced.