Space Tourism

The interior design of Space Perspective’s new spaceflight experience, a pressurised capsule that hangs suspended from a gigantic balloon, has been unveiled this week. The preview comes as the company reported selling more than 600 of its US$125,000 tickets to date, completely filling its entire first year of operation.

Virgin Galactic is opening up ticket sales once again to the general public starting on 16 February (US time). The aerospace company marked the occasion releasing fresh branding ahead of the start of commercial operations, earmarked for later this year.

Virgin Galactic has been granted its full commercial launch licence for space flights by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Virgin Galactic completed its third spaceflight and the first ever spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico on Saturday [22 May 2021].

Virgin Galactic’s test flight program suffered a setback last weekend after the rocket’s engine failed to fire up to propel VSS Unity into space.

Sir Richard Branson’s space travel company Virgin Galactic has revealed the cabin interior design for its maiden SpaceshipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity, for the first time.

NASA’s International Space Station is destined to be a new holiday destination for the ultra-rich after NASA revealed it’s making the floating space port available to a handful of tourists each year.

South Australia has been pinpointed as a potential launch site for Richard Branson’s commercial space tourism program, Virgin Galactic.