Space tourism

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

Conscious Travel

‘Bull**** flights’: How to have a debate on legitimate air traffic


Aviation is a global justice issue, writes the Stay Grounded network. So what can we do about it?

22/01/2022

Tech News

Japanese billionaire returns to Earth after 12 days on space station

Maezawa, his assistant and a Russian cosmonaut spent 12 days on the orbiting laboratory where the Japanese tourists documented their daily life aboard the ISS for Maezawa's popular YouTube channel.

20/12/2021

World News

Bezos' Blue Origin completes third passenger spaceflight

Six passengers headed to space onboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket for a 10-minute flight.

11/12/2021

Tech News

Yusaku Maezawa to become the latest billionaire tourist to go to space

In a tough year for the travel industry thanks to COVID travel restrictions, space has never had so many billionaire tourists.

06/12/2021

Mobility

Mother and daughter win $1m seats on Virgin Galactic flight to space

British billionaire Richard Branson surprised a 44-year-old woman living in Antigua with two tickets for a trip to space.

25/11/2021

Destinations

See how astronauts live in Blue Origin's Texas village

Take a look around Blue Origin's astronaut village, complete with campfires, camper vans and blue cocktails.

18/10/2021

Tech News

Tech this week: Ghost robotics unveils armed robot dog

Ghost robotics showed off the latest version of its robot dog and Prince William criticised the space tourism race.

17/10/2021