Space tourism

Culture news

Conspiracy theorists claim that Katy Perry’s space trip was a hoax

A "Hollywood stunt" or just a damn costly and tone deaf 11-minute photo op? Conspiracy theories are everywhere online about the Blue Origin space tourism flight which happened earlier this week. Here's everything you need to know.

18/04/2025

Travel News

Would you spend €8 million to live on a cruise ship?

Crescent Seas’ high-dollar, high-seas residences are the latest development in luxury cruises.

17/04/2025

Culture news

Let's stop pretending Katy Perry's space trip wasn't a crass PR stunt

“That space mission this morning? That’s end time shit." No truer word has been spoken. And just because it was the first all-female flight since 1963, doesn't make it a space trip worth celebrating.

15/04/2025

Space

Bitcoin investor buys SpaceX flight to take explorers over both poles

A Bitcoin investor, who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers, blasted off Monday night.

01/04/2025

Travel News

Holiday on Mars? Experts on whether Trump’s Mars mission is realistic

As companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic make waves in space tourism, how long does the rest of the world have to wait before we can all become astronauts?

24/01/2025

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WATCH: Japanese space rocket explodes straight after launch

The rocket was touted as Japan’s first private sector venture to go into orbit.

13/03/2024

Space

This space salad could fuel astronauts on missions to Mars and beyond

With an increasing focus on longer missions, it's essential to design meals that are both easy to grow in space and meet astronaut’s nutritional needs.

22/01/2024

Tech News

This Dutch company is planning to make babies in space

SpaceBorn has intentions to achieve the first conception and birth in space.

14/11/2023

Mobility

Virgin Galactic announces return to space with new commercial flights

Nearly two years since its only manned spaceflight, Virgin Galactic is planning to return to space with its first commercial flight in June.

10/05/2023

Climate

Could rocket launches reopen the ozone hole?

According to researchers at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, rockets ‘punching’ through the stratosphere could contribute to ozone depletion.

06/02/2023

Mobility

Billionaire books SpaceX trip around the Moon for him and his wife

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has signed up 82-year-old Dennis Tito, the world's first space tourist, for a Starship flight around the Moon.

13/10/2022

Culture news

Barbie goes to space: how did space travel become un-chic?

Italian astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti, has taken a Barbie doll to space. 50 years ago that would have been the chicest thing ever. What happened?

04/10/2022

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Blue Origin sends first Egyptian and Portugese nationals to space

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches six people to space, including the first from Egypt and Portugal, on the company's sixth crewed flight.

04/08/2022

Travel News

Are giant, floating balloons the future of space tourism?

The trip, costing €114,000 per person, can take eight passengers and a pilot into space.

14/04/2022

Mobility

This helmet could tell us what space does to the human brain

An Israeli start-up, which studies data on brain activity, has developed the device which will be tested in orbit by astronauts to monitor changes in brain activity in space.

30/03/2022

Europe News

Brussels wants to increase management of space traffic

European Commissioner Thierry Breton says space is becoming increasingly contested.

26/01/2022