Tag: space tourism

Virgin Galactic becomes first space tourism company to land on Wall Street

Virgin Galactic landed on Wall Street Monday, debuting its listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in a first for a space tourism company. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-virgin-galactic-space-tourism-company.html…

Boeing to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic (Update)

Boeing plans to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic, looking at possibilities beyond the space tourism company’s immediate goal of launching passengers on suborbital flights as early as next year. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-boeing-invest-million-virgin-galactic.html…

Virgin Galactic unveiling mission control for space tourism

Spaceport America is no longer just a shiny shell of hope that space tourism would one day launch from this remote spot in the New Mexico desert. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-08-virgin-galactic-unveiling-mission-space.html…

Virgin Galactic seeks space tourism boost with market launch

British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will merge with a US investment firm to become the world’s first publicly-traded space tourism venture—with an eye on sending its first clients into space within a year, the group’s chief executive said Tuesday. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-07-virgin-galactic-space-tourism-boost.html…

Kelly Latimer flies at the cutting edge of aviation—and soon, space

Kelly Latimer, 54, is a test pilot for Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit—two commercial space companies owned by British billionaire Richard Branson. For space tourism company Virgin Galactic, Latimer flies the giant, twin-fuselage aircraft known as WhiteKnightTwo, which carries a smaller spaceship at its belly to an altitude of up to 50,000 feet before the spaceship detaches and blasts off toward…

NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020

NASA said Friday it will open up the International Space Station to business ventures including space tourism as it seeks to financially disengage from the orbiting research lab. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-nasa-international-space-station-tourists.html…