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HALO Space unveils capsule design for stratospheric space ‘glamping’

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

LONDON — Stratospheric balloon company HALO Space plans to offer aspiring space travelers the space tourism equivalent of glamping. Instead of tight ...

No, You Can’t Actually Eat A Michelin Star Meal in Space

Technology
Michael Johnson

Space tourism has unlocked a new brand of luxury travel, one which promises expensive meals and designer flight suits with views of ...

Episode 100 — Riding to Space on Virgin Galactic

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

On Episode 100 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod welcome back Dr. Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute to ...

Playboy’s Forgotten Plans To Put The Grotto In Orbit

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT > Culture By Henry Hards | Published 1 hour ago In 2012, during the earlier days of commercial space ...

Virgin Galactic launches sixth commercial space tourism flight

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Virgin Galactic’s winged rocketplane carried a two-man crew and four passengers to the edge of space and back Friday, chalking up the ...

Virgin Galactic launches 1st Ukrainian woman to space — and 3 others — on Galactic 06 suborbital flight (video)

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Virgin Galactic just launched its sixth commercial spaceflight. That mission, called Galactic 06, sent four private passengers to suborbital space and back, ...

Meet the 4 astronauts of SpaceX’s Ax-3 launch for Axiom Space

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Houston-based Axiom Space is poised for the company’s third private astronaut launch to space. Ax-3 will carry a four-person, all-European crew on ...

The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2023

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Last year was a very busy one in the final frontier. Here’s a rundown of some of the highlights, from the highly ...

Virgin Galactic to launch 6th commercial spaceflight on Jan. 26

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Virgin Galactic’s sixth commercial spaceflight will lift off next month, if all goes according to plan. The mission, known as Galactic-06, is ...

Virgin Galactic stock tanks after Richard Branson signals no more investments

Business
Jessica Roberts

Virgin Galactic (SPCE) shares dropped as much as 15% on Monday after founder Sir Richard Branson said he wouldn’t be investing any ...