Space Tourist

Space tourism is certainly creating quite a stir. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic have already announced their plans for space tourism. But space travelis really expensive and out of reach for the majority.…

The New York TimesJul 22, 2021 15:31:17 ISTThe anniversary of the Apollo moon landing marked one small step for space travel but a giant leap for space billionaires. Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson vividly demonstrated this month that…

Agence France-PresseJul 16, 2021 12:44:29 ISTBlue Origin said Thursday an 18-year-old paying customer will fly to space on the company's maiden crewed spaceflight on July 20, becoming the youngest ever astronaut. Oliver Daemen, who…

The New York TimesJul 02, 2021 17:59:30 ISTMary Wallace Funk, an 82-year-old pilot who was prevented from becoming an astronaut in the 1960s because of her sex, will join Jeff Bezos on his rocket ship company’s first human flight into…

The Associated PressJun 28, 2021 12:42:25 ISTVirgin Galactic finally has the federal government’s approval to start launching customers into space from New Mexico. Richard Branson’s rocketship company announced the Federal Aviation…

tech2 News StaffJun 03, 2021 14:48:21 ISTAxiom Space has signed a deal with SpaceX for three additional commercial flights to the International Space Station. The private crews will be launched in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule that is…

The Associated PressMay 25, 2021 10:43:07 ISTVirgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of…