Space Tourism
First-ever space tourist plans Mars mission
Feb 27, 2013 22:17 EST
The world's first space tourist, US multimillionaire Dennis Tito, unveiled plans to send a manned mission to Mars and back, targeting a launch date less than five years away.
First-ever space tourist plans mission to Mars
Feb 27, 2013 18:14 EST
The world's first space tourist, US multimillionaire Dennis Tito, unveiled plans Wednesday to send a manned mission to Mars and back, targeting a launch date less than five years away.
Arctic town eyes future as gateway to space
Dec 16, 2012 23:00 EST
Sweden's small Arctic town of Kiruna has a surprisingly international airport with regular flights to London and Tokyo, but it has even bigger plans: to offer commercial space flights.
First Pakistani to head into space
Oct 26, 2012 10:48 EDT
Once you've been to both poles, skydived over Mount Everest and set up your country's first consulate in Monaco, the question is: what next?
Singer Sarah Brightman to become space tourist
Oct 10, 2012 14:29 EDT
British singer Sarah Brightman revealed on Wednesday that Russia will launch her as a space tourist to the International Space Station (ISS) in a multi-million dollar voyage aimed at "realising dreams".
Singer Sarah Brightman to be next space tourist
Oct 10, 2012 09:24 EDT
British singer Sarah Brightman announced in Moscow on Wednesday that she will blast off next year as a space tourist to the International Space Station (ISS) in a voyage aimed at "realising dreams".
Singer Sarah Brightman could be next space tourist: report
Aug 22, 2012 15:11 EDT
British soprano Sarah Brightman could become the next space tourist to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS), a senior official at the Russian space agency hinted Wednesday.
Branson to take kids on first space tourist trip
Jul 11, 2012 13:10 EDT
British tycoon Richard Branson said Wednesday his children would join him on the first of his Virgin Galactic space flights, as he unveiled a new satellite launching service.
Branson's spaceship puts subdued plane giants in shade
Jul 11, 2012 13:01 EDT
British tycoon Richard Branson stole the show here Wednesday, announcing that he and his family would be on Virgin Galactic's first trip into space, as Airbus and Boeing eked out more plane orders.
Branson family to make first trip as space tourists
Jul 11, 2012 12:24 EDT
Richard Branson said Wednesday that he and his family will be the first on board his new Virgin Galactic space tourism programme.
Shuttle Enterprise soars over New York on final flight
Apr 27, 2012 11:36 EDT
The US space shuttle Enterprise bowed out Friday on America's biggest stage -- a flyover of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan's skyscrapers -- before going to a museum in New York at the end of an era in American space travel.
Space, the next frontier -- for Hillary Clinton?
Apr 26, 2012 12:59 EDT
She has been the US secretary of state, a senator and nearly became president, but Hillary Clinton joked Thursday that she might want to try another role -- space tourist.
US ramping up private sector's role in spaceflight
Mar 25, 2012 16:45 EDT
The first flight of a commercial vessel to the International Space Station in late April will signal a bigger role for the private sector and open up space tourism opportunities, industry experts and lawmakers say.
Virgin aims to test-fly ship in space this year
Feb 27, 2012 22:10 EST
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, expects to test-fly its first spaceship beyond the Earth's atmosphere this year, with commercial suborbital passenger service to follow in 2013 or 2014, company officials said on Monday.
Virgin Galactic aims to test fly ship in space this year
Feb 27, 2012 22:10 EST
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, expects to test fly its first spacecraft beyond the Earth's atmosphere this year, with commercial suborbital passenger service to follow in 2013 or 2014, company officials said on Monday.
Virgin Galactic aims to test fly ship in space this
Feb 27, 2012 22:10 EST
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, expects to test fly its first spacecraft beyond the Earth's atmosphere this year, with commercial suborbital passenger service to follow in 2013 or 2014, company officials said on Monday.
Singapore family books $1 mln Virgin space flight
Nov 14, 2011 03:47 EST
A Singaporean businessman, his wife and two children have paid $1 million to become the first Asian family to fly together on space-tourism airline Virgin Galactic, the company announced Monday.
Virgin aims for first space launch within a year
Sep 15, 2011 07:36 EDT
British business magnate Richard Branson hopes to launch a vessel into space within the next 12 months, kicking off an era of commercial space travel.
Russia plans orbiting hotel in space
Aug 19, 2011 06:29 EDT
ZHUKOVSKY, Russia (Reuters) - A hotel in orbit, lunar sightseeing flights and luxury rides into the cosmos -- all are part of Russia's vision to ensure it is not left behind in the growing space tourism industry.
