space tourism

  • Virgin Galactic Finally Launches Its First Crew of Space Tourists

    Virgin Galactic Finally Launches Its First Crew of Space Tourists

    A crew of three private citizens reached suborbital heights on board Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft, marking the company’s second commercial flight and its first carrying space tourists. The Galactic 02 mission launched on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. ET from Spaceport America in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane, VSS Unity, was released from the carrier…


  • Amazon Funds $US120 Million Facility for Satellite Megaconstellation Project

    Amazon Funds $US120 Million Facility for Satellite Megaconstellation Project

    Amazon is building a facility in Florida for Project Kuiper, which aims to launch a projected 3,236 satellites into Earth’s low orbit. The company will build the $US120 million facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) at Kennedy Space Center. The company announced on Friday that construction is underway, and it’s the latest…