With his usual flair, British billionaire Richard Branson rappelled from a balcony, shook up a big bottle of champagne and took a swig while christening the world's first built-from-scratch commercial spaceport on Monday.
Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2011
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Projected growth in rocket launches for space tourism, moon landings, and perhaps travel to Mars has many dreaming of a new era of space exploration. But a NOAA study suggests that a significant boost in spaceflight activity ...
Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2022
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Thrill-seekers might soon be able to get their adrenaline kicks—and envy-inducing Instagram snaps—from the final frontier, as space tourism finally lifts off.
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2021
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Even space projects backed by billionaires are not immune to Earth-bound realities.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2019
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Russia officials say they will resume space tourism in 2018 after years of sending into space only professional cosmonauts and astronauts.
Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2015
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Football star and TV celebrity Michael Strahan caught a ride to space with Jeff Bezos' rocket-launching company Saturday, sharing the trip with the daughter of America's first astronaut.
Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2021
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A winged spaceship designed to take tourists on excursions beyond Earth's atmosphere exploded during a test flight Friday over the Mojave Desert, killing a pilot in the second fiery setback for commercial space travel in ...
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2014
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Russia, which is set to hold a monopoly on flights to the international space station (ISS), wants to charge more for rides on its Soyuz rocket, the space agency head said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Feb 9, 2010
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(AP) -- The nearly two-mile-long runway at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico will have to be extended to accommodate Virgin Galactic's sleek rocket-powered spacecraft, spaceport officials confirmed Thursday.
Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2012
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A US software mogul who made history this week as the first person to travel to space twice as a tourist could also be the last paying passenger to head into space for several years.
Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2009
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