by David Todd | Jun 26, 2020 | Commercial human spaceflight, International Space Station, Russia, Soyuz, Space tourism
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency/industrial complex, has announced that it plans to allow two tourists to ride aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023. The two would-be astronauts will be accompanied by a professional cosmonaut... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 25, 2019 | Commercial human spaceflight, Finance, Seradata News, Space tourism, Virgin Galactic
In a vote on 23 October, shareholders of SCH (Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.) approved its merger with upcoming space tourism firm Virgin Galactic. Following the completion of the transaction, Virgin Galactic became a Delaware-based publicly traded company... by Matt Wilson | Jul 9, 2019 | Commercial human spaceflight, Finance, Seradata News, Space tourism
Space tourism operator Virgin Galactic (VG) and the investment partnership, Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH) announced on 8 July that they had agreed a deal that will see SCH shareholders own approximately 49 per cent of the new combined Virgin Galactic. The merger is... 
by David Todd | Jun 12, 2019 | Personal spaceflight, Seradata News, Space tourism
While the International Space Station (ISS) had its usual comings and goings – mainly the unberthing and undocking of the Dragon CRS-17 cargo craft which returned to Earth on 3 June, and the departure and safe burn-up of the Progress MS-10 cargo craft on 4 June – its... 
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...
