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Space Tourism

Singer Sarah Brightman Will be Next Space Tourist

October 10, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Singer Sarah Brightman at a press conference on October 10 to announce her upcoming space flight. Roscosmos and Space Adventures are re- starting space tourism flights, and the next space tourist will be singer Sarah Brightman, who will head to the [...]

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Former Space Shuttle Manager Mike Moses Joins Virgin Galactic

October 11, 2011

One of the most respected members of NASA’s space shuttle program has joined Virgin Galactic as the commercial space company’s Vice President of Operations. Mike Moses, NASA’s former Space Shuttle Launch Integration Manager, will oversee the planning and execution of all operations at Virgin Galactic’s headquarters at Spaceport America in New Mexico. In a press [...]

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Video: Watch SpaceShipTwo’s First Feathered Flight

May 19, 2011

On May 4, 2011 Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo achieved a major milestone by flying for the first time using its “feathered” configuration, and the company has now released a close-up video of the flight. Feathering is designed to create drag and slow the ship down after it reenters the atmosphere from eventual suborbital flights taking tourists [...]

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First Look at SpaceShipTwo

December 7, 2009

Virgin Galactic will unveil SpaceShipTwo (SS2), Monday night, but they did sneak out a few photos prior to the event. SS2 will be the world’s first commercial manned spaceship, with room for several passengers to move (and fly!) around during suborbital flights. “This is truly a momentous day. The team has created not only a [...]

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Tourists to ISS Two at a Time Starting 2012?

October 2, 2009

According to a Russian official, the commercial space company Space Adventures will be sending two space tourists a year into orbit on Soyuz spacecraft from beginning in 2012. “We have been working on this project for a number of years” said Sergey Kostenko, the head of the company’s office in Russia, who was quoted in [...]

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