Boeing Co. is poised to send astronauts to orbit using its long-delayed space capsule, a first-of-its-kind test for the embattled aerospace giant and its rocket making joint venture, United Launch Alliance LLC.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has spent two decades trailing Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the space-exploration race. To fix this, Bezos has turned to a trusted Amazon.com Inc. lieutenant known for getting products out the door.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX discriminated for years against refugees and people granted political asylum who were seeking jobs at the rocket company, the US Justice Department said in a lawsuit.

Axiom Space, the Houston-based company focused on developing private space stations and human spaceflight, has raised $350 million in its most recent funding round, the company announced Monday.

Boeing Co. aims to have its Starliner capsule ready for its first flight to the International Space Station with astronauts on board around March, with a long-delayed launch following NASA approval.

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U.S. air-safety regulators have told Boeing Co (BA.N) the documentation it submitted to win approval to resume 787 deliveries to airlines after a year is incomplete, two people familiar with the matter said.

Outgoing Sierra Space CFO Robert Rodgers pitched investors and led due diligence efforts for around a year leading up to the landmark $1.4 billion capital round it announced in November, according to his LinkedIn profile. Sierra said it was the second-largest private capital infusion ever in the aerospace and defense sector and boosted Sierra's value to $4.5 billion.

China was the first country to ground the 737 MAX after fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia more than three years ago, and it is the only major market where the MAX has not resumed commercial flights.

The deal, if confirmed, would be the first order from Delta for Boeing's best-selling single-aisle airplane family, and the first major Boeing order for the carrier in a decade.

Boeing's recovery plan could see it increase the current rock-bottom monthly rate of two 787s to three around May, if deliveries have started by then, and again to four around November, two of the people said. From there, suppliers have been asked to be ready to tackle rates as high as seven a month around October 2023, if requested, the sources added.

After slashing production due mainly to the pandemic, Boeing and European rival Airbus SE (AIR.PA) are seeing more demand for their medium-haul passenger jets, with both planemakers adding eye-catching deals to their order books in recent weeks.

"Cargo is the only part of the jetliner market that has fully recovered, and is still growing," AeroDynamic Advisory analyst Richard Aboulafia said. "Given a very depressed twin aisle market, cargo widebody orders are the only ray of hope."

Regulators in Europe are challenging the safety net built in to 777X flight controls and deliveries of the 787 are expected to remain frozen until around April as U.S. regulators review production flaws, senior industry and government sources said.

SEATTLE/PARIS, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Allegiant Air is close to ordering 50 Boeing 737 MAX jets worth $5 billion at list prices, people familiar with the matter said, as the low-cost U.S. airline eyes a rebound in tourism.

SEATTLE/PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - In Boeing Co's (BA.N) factory of the future, immersive 3-D engineering designs will be twinned with robots that speak to each other, while mechanics around the world will be linked by $3,500 HoloLens headsets made by Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O).

Airbus (AIR.PA) is closing towards a possible breakthrough at Dutch airline KLM, potentially displacing Boeing as its supplier of medium-haul jets, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

The number of Boeing Co (BA.N) employees seeking a vaccine exemption on religious or medical grounds has reached more than 11,000 - or nearly 9% of its U.S. workforce - a level many times higher than executives initially estimated, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.