by David Todd | Jan 25, 2019 | Blue Origin, Space tourism, Suborbital
While Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos might have his expensive divorce on his mind, at least his rocket ambitions are showing progress. His Blue Origin firm made the 10th test flight of its suborbital New Shepard rocket at 1505 GMT on 23 January 2019 from the Van Horn...
by David Todd | Sep 21, 2018 | Space tourism, Technology
The Thailand-based space and satellite company mu Space Corp has released a 3D design model of its “OO mission” space suit which it hopes space tourists might chose to use. The spacesuit is designed to be lightweight, but durable to withstand harsh...
by David Todd | Jul 19, 2018 | Blue Origin, Commercial human spaceflight, Seradata News, Space tourism
On 19 June, at 1511 GMT, Blue Origin made a test flight of its New Shepard suborbital passenger vehicle from its Van Horn launch site in Texas. The test flight was in unmanned condition and was primarily for the purpose of testing an emergency escape system. The test...
by David Todd | Apr 6, 2018 | Commercial human spaceflight, Space tourism, Virgin Galactic
The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, VSS Unity, has restarted test flights two years after the fatal test flight that killed co-pilot Mike Alsbury. A combination of pilot error and poor design were blamed for the premature feathering of the wing. The craft,...
by David Todd | Nov 13, 2017 | Commercial human spaceflight, History, Seradata News, Space tourism, Suborbital
With assets of less than US$10 million and liabilities of more than twice this amount, XCOR Aerospace filed for bankruptcy after finding that it could not raise further funds. The firm was once a competitor to Virgin Galactic in the suborbital spaceplane space tourism...
by David Todd | Jul 6, 2017 | commercial launch services, Seradata News, Space tourism
XCOR Aerospace, the space tourism outfit that once vied with Virgin Galactic to be the first to carry tourists into suborbital space on regular flights of its Lynx space plane, is on the point of folding. Having already laid off of half of its 60 employees in 2016,...
