Roll up, roll up! Get your tickets for the great space balloon ride

Cape Canaveral’s Space Perspective has officially started selling tickets for the highest balloon ride of them all: a six-hour floating journey to the edge of space, where you can watch the sunrise. At US$125,000 a seat, flights start in 2024.Continue … Continue reading Roll up, roll up! Get your tickets for the great space balloon ride

First passenger seat on Blue Origin’s New Shepard sells for $28 million

The first paying seat on Blue Origin’s initial New Shepard passenger flight into space has sold at auction for an eye-watering US$28 million. The telephone auction of qualified bidders was conducted on June 12 by RR Auction in Boston, Massachusetts and… Continue reading First passenger seat on Blue Origin’s New Shepard sells for $28 million

Virgin Galactic’s Long Road to Commercial Spaceflight

To hear founder Richard Branson tell it, the first operational flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has been 18 months out since at least 2008. But a series of delays, technical …read more Continue reading Virgin Galactic’s Long Road to Commercial Spaceflight

Virgin Galactic reaches space from Spaceport America for the first time

Virgin Galactic has put a recent setback behind it to reach space for only the third time in its history, and the first time since relocating to its new Spaceport America base in New Mexico last year. The company’s successful test flight over the weeke… Continue reading Virgin Galactic reaches space from Spaceport America for the first time

Virgin Galactic rolls out shimmering third-generation spaceship

Virgin Galactic has wheeled out the next-generation version of the vehicle designed to carry human tourists into space, showing off a shimmering spaceship named the VSS Imagine. The craft marks another step forward for the company’s evolving vehicle de… Continue reading Virgin Galactic rolls out shimmering third-generation spaceship

Virgin Galactic prepares for another attempt to reach space

Virgin Galactic is looking to shrug off a failed flight in mid-December, with plans for another attempt to reach space in around a fortnight’s time. The company says it has investigated the reasons it came up short in its last outing, as it pursues its… Continue reading Virgin Galactic prepares for another attempt to reach space

SpaceX plans world-first all-civilian space journey for late 2021

After last year carrying astronauts into space as part of a regular crewed flight program for NASA, SpaceX is now looking to extend this experience to everyday people. The company has outlined plans for what would become the world’s first all-civilian … Continue reading SpaceX plans world-first all-civilian space journey for late 2021

Axiom Space announces crew for first all-private orbital mission

A year after it was selected to supply the first private module for the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space has announced the crew for the first-ever all private crewed orbital space mission. Still awaiting legal clearance and the green ligh… Continue reading Axiom Space announces crew for first all-private orbital mission