Space tourism

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday denounced the "glaring inequalities" in wealth exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, highlighting in particular recent developments in the space tourism industry.By imploring…

The SpaceX Tesla roadster launched from the Falcon Heavy rocket with a dummy pilot named "Starman" ... on the way to Mars | Photo by SpaceX via Getty Images Getty Images Humanity is finally going where no…

What's new? (September 12-18)Civilians in spaceOn Wednesday, a SpaceX rocket carrying four Americans took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orbital spaceflight was the first to carry only passengers who were not professional…

A few minutes of weightlessness, or a few days. A little jump above Earth's atmosphere, or a round trip to the Moon ... the age of space tourism is upon us, and - for those who can afford - it comes with plenty of options. .This year has…

Last July we saw Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos take off in a giant leap for the space tourism industry, but their launches to the edge of space weren't particularly well timed. Amid a global pandemic and climate emergency, two…

As the hype videos go, here's one that's out of this world. Virgin Galactic teases what space tourism will be like aboard its VSS Unity spacecraft, and the peek at a short but gentle ride to the edge of space is enough to make…

In the past few weeks, one topic has captured the attention of all media, tweets and posts; Space. It seems like every tech mogul on the face of the earth has now found a way out of it. First it was Sir Richard Branson,…

When SpaceX launches its first fully civilian crew into space later this fall and takes a multi-day trip around Earth, humanity can follow online thanks to an exclusive documentary deal Netflix has with the private space company. by Elon…

He is one of some 600 people worldwide who have a seat aboard a future Virgin Galactic space flight and hopes to have the chance to go to space by 2023. In the meantime, he continues his day job which has developed into his…

"The best proof that there is intelligent life in space is the fact that it hasn't come here." - Arthur C. Clarke Billionaire Richard Branson and five others flew at an altitude of 86.1 km (53.8 miles) in Virgin Galactic's VSS-Unity on…