Global warming is already an issue that has started showing effects like devastating cyclones, floods to name just two. In spite of global efforts, the amount of Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is not at the desired level.

Billionaire space race can add to global warming

A 30-year-old engineer from India’s Maharashtra, Sanjal Gavande, is one of the engineers who helped build Jeff Bezos’ space rocket, New Shephard. Gavande is a mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Mumbai.

Maharashtra-born Sanjal Gavande part of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin team

Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, is set to join the astronaut club Tuesday on the first crewed launch by Blue Origin, another key moment in a big month for the fledgling space tourism industry.

Earth's richest man Bezos to blast off into space

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said on Thursday that an 18-year-old paying customer will fly to space in the company's maiden crewed mission on July 20. This is will make the person youngest ever astronaut.

Blue Origin to fly 18-year-old to space with Bezos

As the clock ticks and hour of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spaceflight launch draws nearer, the excitement is palpable around 70-year-old billionaire's travel to the edge of space.

Richard Branson Virgin Galactic spaceflight: Where to watch the launch LIVE

British billionaire Richard Branson's wife Joan Templeman has said that she will not be going to his funeral if he dies on his spaceflight on July 11. Branson laughed as he quoted his wife telling him: "'If you're foolish enough to do these wonderful things, you can do it, but I won't be going to your funeral.

'I won't be going to his funeral': Richard Branson's wife expresses nervousness about his spaceflight

From Jeff Bezos to Mark Zuckerberg: List of richest people in the world

The world's richest man and Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos has officially stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer. The company has now a new CEO Andy Jassy who himself found it and previously served as CEO of Amazon web services.

Andy Jassy officially takes over from Jeff Bezos

Who is winning space tourism race between Bezos, Branson and Musk?

As Andy Jassy gears up to step in as the new CEO of Amazon after Jeff Bezos, the 53-year-old will also be subjected to several regulatory battles. The famous Amazon founder is set to fly off to space in a rocket built by his spaceship company.

Antitrust probes, fake reviews, worker ire: What's in store for Amazon's new CEO Andy Jassy?

As he prepares to blast off into a new career stage, Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy after transforming Amazon from a modest online bookseller into one of the world's most powerful corporations.

Bezos leaves enduring legacy as he steps away as Amazon CEO

Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy, joined Amazon in 1997 after Harvard Business School, founding AWS and growing it to a cloud platform used by millions of customers. “I took my last final exam at HBS, the first Friday of May in 1997, and I started Amazon next Monday.

Meet Andy Jassy, the man who takes over as Amazon's new CEO

Two billionaires are now officially in a race to make history. Jeff Bezos is taking an 82-year-old astronaut on his first trip to space.

The Billionaire space race: 82-year-old woman pilot to travel to space

British mogul Richard Branson one-upped rival Jeff Bezos on Thursday, announcing that he too will blast beyond Earth's atmosphere nine days ahead of the aspiring billionaire astronaut.

Space race for billionaires: Richard Branson to make space trip before rival Jeff Bezos

Space tourism company Virgin GalacticOrbit's LauncherOne rocket took seven satellites to orbit after being dropped mid-air from the underside of a modified Boeing 747 nicknamed Cosmic Girl.

Race to space: Virgin Orbit launches seven satellites in LauncherOne mission

The European Space Agency head Josef Aschbacher has said he hopes to hire and launch the world's first differently abled astronaut and several hundred would-be para-astronauts have already applied for the role.

European Space Agency to hire first differently abled astronaut, more women in step towards inclusivity

After getting approval from the US aviation safety regulator on Friday, billionaire Richard Branson's spaceship company Virgin Galactic can now fly people to space.

Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic gets approval to fly people to space

Insurers are not ready to price the risk of losing Jeff Bezos or his fellow space travelers as launching one of the richest individuals on earth into orbit has proved a leap too far for them.

Why are insurance companies not ready to price risk of losing Jeff Bezos in space?

American entrepreneur and Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, is not loved by everyone and proof of that is the recent petition signed by more than 75,000 people requesting him to leave the Earth forever.

More than 75,000 people sign petition to not let Jeff Bezos return to Earth after upcoming Blue Origin space trip

A seat on a spaceship ride with billionaire Jeff Bezos went for $28 million during a live auction on Saturday, May 12. Bezos revealed this week that both he and his brother Mark would take seats onboard the company's New Shepard launch vehicle on July 20, to fly to the edge of space and back.

Trip to space with Jeff Bezos sells at auction for $28 million

Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, disclosed $2 million as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepherd spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of its auction.

Blue Origin reveals highest bid for a seat on its first human spaceflight

Amazon on Wednesday won its fight against an EU order to pay about 250 million euros ($303 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg as Europe's second highest court dealt a blow to the bloc's efforts to make multinational corporations pay more tax.

Amazon wins court fight against $303 million EU tax order

It's a clash of the tech titans. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were competing for the same contract. NASA gave it to SpaceX. Now Bezos is challenging NASA's decision. WION's Palki tells you how two billionaires are battling to dictate humanity's future in space.

Gravitas: Two billionaires battle to dictate the future of Space

NASA announced this month that Musk's SpaceX was the sole winner in the competition, beating Blue Origin and a third company, Dynetics of Huntsville, Alabama, a defense contractor.

Jeff Bezos' Blue origin challenges NASA over SpaceX

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