Virgin Galactic is selling 1,000 tickets for a 90-minute trip aboard its VSS Unity, which will take off from Spaceport America in New Mexico. “At Virgin Galactic, we believe that space is transformational,” said Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier. “We plan to have our first 1,000 customers on board at the start of commercial service […]
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has fulfilled his childhood dream today as he travelled to space as one of two passengers on board a Russian rocket headed for the International Space Station (ISS). Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo, and his production assistant, Yozo Hirono, have become the first space tourists to […]
82-year-old Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk, who spent six decades trying to reach space, will now join billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on the first crewed flight by his space company later this month. Wally Funk underwent training in the 1960s but was denied the opportunity for space travel due to widespread prejudices against women at […]
After stepping down as Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos is set to fly to space next month alongside his brother. It will be the first crewed flight by Bezos’ aerospace company, Blue Origin. Turning to Instagram, Mr Bezos said that space flight was something he had wanted to do his entire life. Space travel is a […]
Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin have long dominated the news with their respective advances in private space travel industry. But two private Chinese companies are also making big moves and gaining billions in investments as China's state space agency announces its own ambitious goals. Here's what's going on in the global space […]
By Louisa Rochford First Mars, now the moon—Elon Musk isn’t the only one vying for space travel and the eventual colonisation of other planets in our galaxy. With Richard Branson also joining the fray, who will be the first? Is it possible, and what planet will we find ourselves inhabiting next? Elon Musk has been […]
Elon Musk is a phenomenon. He is viewed by many as the CEO of the future: a visionary constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible both in engineering and business. But is the man who has convinced numerous investors to entrust him with their billions and negotiated the potentially single largest bonus in business history […]
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