Space Travel

Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez were among the passengers of Blue Origin’s 31st mission and 11th human spaceflight, taking the total number of people the company has flown to space to 58.

Former NASA astronaut Dr Sandra H. “Sandy” Magnus will join an exclusive Aurora Expeditions voyage in August 2026, offering travellers a unique opportunity to explore some of the world’s most remote destinations alongside a pioneering space explorer.

The launch window for Virgin Galactic’s first space flight launch of 2024 remains open for tomorrow, Friday 26 January 2024, from Spaceport America.

Virtuoso travel advisors no longer need to be Accredited Space Agents in order to sell seats on Virgin Galactic under a recently reignited agreement between the global luxury travel network and the aerospace company.

Fifteen years after purchasing his ticket to space with Virgin Galactic, Matthew Upchurch, the CEO of Virtuoso, remains steadfastly committed to Richard Branson’s space tourism project.

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 begun contacting prospective Future Astronauts to “secure their place in history” on an upcoming Priority List for its commercial space flights.

Reservations opened this week for a new luxury travel experience that will take small groups higher than ever before – up to 30 kilometres (around 10,000-feet) into the earth’s atmosphere.

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

Virgin Galactic had around 1,000 wannabe astronauts enrol in its “One Small Step” program offered in 2020, potentially generating future revenue of more than US$250 million for the space tourism venture.

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.

Virgin Galactic, in collaboration with Under Armour, has unveiled the spacesuits its pilots will wear when they fly private astronauts into space.