Space

September 19, 2021

SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down safely off Florida

The Inspiration4 team blasted off on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral atop one of SpaceX's two-stage reusable Falcon 9 rockets.

September 16, 2021
SpaceX launches first all-civilian crew into orbit for 3-day trip

The Dragon capsule's two men and two women are looking to spend three days circling the world from an unusually high orbit 100 miles (160 kilometers) higher than the International Space Station.
July 29, 2021
Keen to sign up for space tourism? Here are 6 things to consider

Before you sign up assuming you're lucky enough to afford it, here are a few things to consider.
July 20, 2021
Jeff Bezos makes 11-minute space journey on his company's first passenger flight

The mission was part of a fiercely competitive battle between Bezos' Blue Origin and fellow billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic to tap a potentially lucrative space tourism market.
July 19, 2021
Meet Sanjal who is in the news as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos flies to space

Born in Kalyan, Maharashtra, Sanjal Gavande is a systems engineer at Blue Origin who always dreamt of designing aerospace rockets.
July 11, 2021
Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson reaches space aboard his rocket plane

The nearly 71-year-old Branson and five crewmates from his Virgin Galactic space tourism company reached an altitude of about 88 kilometers over the New Mexico desert.
July 11, 2021
Meet Sirisha Bandla. Third Indian-origin woman to fly into space

Sirisha Bandla, a 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, is set to become the third Indian-origin woman to head to space when she flies as part of Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed flight test on Sunday.

Space

SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down safely off Florida

SpaceX launches first all-civilian crew into orbit for 3-day trip

Keen to sign up for space tourism? Here are 6 things to consider

Jeff Bezos makes 11-minute space journey on his company's first passenger flight

Meet Sanjal who is in the news as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos flies to space

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson reaches space aboard his rocket plane

Meet Sirisha Bandla. Third Indian-origin woman to fly into space

Branson-Bezos space tourism rivalry gets nastier before flight

A 10-minute experience with Jeff Bezos on space tourism rocket sells at auction for $28mn

Rocket debris landed in Indian Ocean on Sunday: Chinese media