Tag Archives : Space Tourism

Now that the highly successful space shuttle program of world’s leading space agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has finally come to an end, the agency is now looking to the private companies for its flight needs. As per reports, the pioneer of space tourism, Virgin Galactic has now grabbed a contract from NASA, under [...]

Space tourism, a concept that a few decades ago would have been a laughable proposition is now all set to become one of the most exciting and highly lucrative elements of the travel industry. Numerous aerospace companies such as Virgin Galactic, owned by billionaire and entrepreneur extraordinaire, Sir Richard Branson as well as other firms are now [...]

The world of space tourism has now something more to rejoice about as the highly revered, SpaceShipTwo (SS2), the sub orbital space craft designed and developed by Sir Richard Branson’s space travel entity, Virgin Galactic has now successfully completed the ‘Feather Flight’ milestone. This amazing achievement was brought to fruition at the Mojave [...]

Space tourism has finally arrived! One need not be a trained astronaut to travel in space; thanks to Space Adventures, the Virginia based company, anyone can now book a ticket for a trip around the moon and catch a priceless glimpse of Earthrise for only $150 million. One anonymous space tourist has already booked a ticket on Soyuz, the Russian spacecraft [...]

Consumers are willing to spend and companies across the globe are more than happy to oblige with stunning and highly exclusive products and services. Such is the case with the ever expanding space tourism concept, where in the some of the biggest names in aviation and aerospace such as Virgin Galactic are offering customers a ride of their lives to [...]

Sir Richard Branson has the knack of staying in the news by acquiring something extravagant and unique or by doing something unexpected and unusual. His underwater plane is something that can excite anybody almost as much as his concept of Space tourism. His latest action or commitment that has been picked up by the media all over is his plan to serve [...]

One of the most visible faces in the global economy, a billionaire and entrepreneur extraordinaire, Sir Richard Branson will soon be serving you food and drinks on the AirAsia flight from London to Kuala Lumpur. This incredible and quite hilarious ruse is the result of a lost bet that Mr. Branson lost during the 2010 Bahrain Formula One GP, where [...]

The world of space tourism as seen from the Russian perspective has been quite a lucrative prospecting for the country’s economy. However, one of the premier space tourism companies in Russia, Space Adventures, had to halt its space tourist services last year, as the International Space Station (ISS) was packed full to capacity. Now, Space Adventures [...]

Virgin Galactic, a name that is making rapid strides to mark its lead in the field of space tourism has now reached yet another milestone, as its orbital space craft, SpaceShipTwo (SS2), the VSS Enterprise has now completed its maiden manned free flight test. The SS2 had previously aced a similar test in the month of July last year, when the space craft [...]

Apparently the only motive in Sir Richard Branson’s life is to take people for a ride, well literally! This millionaire had earlier introduced private shuttles for people to dive deep into the deep blue sea and explore the unimaginable and now he is all set to commercialize the journeys into the deep blue sky. This trend is catching up and it [...]