02 December 2014
SpaceShipTwo lost
... of co-pilot Michael Alsbury. While pilot Peter Siebold escaped by parachute with only moderate injuries, sub-orbit space tourism company Virgin Galactic (VG) now faces a year-long wait, with the detailed accident investigation work being...
December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
... Congress, which included a plenary session and round table discussion on ‘Procreation in space’. Space tourism challenge The upcoming sector for space tourism is preparing unprecedented opportunities for the very wealthy few. Imagine spending a week...
06 July 2020
Russia and Space Adventures sign contract to offer first tourist spacewalk
... get outside and go for a spacewalk too. In a recent announcement, Russian rocket company RSC Energia and US space tourism firm Space Adventures revealed that a contract to send two tourists to the ISS aboard a Soyuz rocket has been signed...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
..., planetary science, and Earth science. The newer commercial space companies are developing business in three categories as well: space tourism, Earth observation and space resources. The overlap is obvious and the opportunities for collaboration...
October 2025
High-altitude platforms - the search for an optimised legal framework
...emergence of sub-orbital hypersonic transport vehicles (HSTs) using ‘scramjet’ propulsion, the growth of sub-orbital space tourism and expanding interest in commercial and state-sponsored satellite operations. Technological innovation has enabled the...
23 October 2017
Space race ramps up between Blue Origin and SpaceX
... Blue Origin is one step closer to making space tourism a reality and that the BE-4 will be ready to fly the first space tourists into sub-orbital space by April 2019. However, it is not just space tourism that Bezos has an interest in. Like Musk...
