With the dawn of space tourism, the jet jockey returns
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After a ride of some 50 miles straight up, SpaceShipOne paused poetically in the weightless black above the Mojave Desert.
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By Brian McIver  THE world's superpowers have always dominated the space race.  But with companies and agencies all rushing to attract tourists and commercial passengers to the heavens, Europe and Britain are now leading the way.
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A new generation of superjets comes to life.
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Space tourism, a long-cherished dream of mankind, is a step closer to being realised with the announcement by tycoon Richard Branson that his Virgin Atlantic airline has signed a technology licensing deal with a US company.
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The first private manned rocket glided into space a second time and returned to Earth after recovering from a wild roll on its ascent on Wednesday in a bid to earn the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
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Buck Rogers visits Jacksonville? Not exactly.  But the quest for a spaceport at Cecil Field, where paying passengers would be launched into sub-orbit, is visionary - and probably a good investment in the city.  Space tourism is more than just a vague concept.
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It was a staple of 1960s science fiction that the future would involve flying cars and holidays on the moon. While the mass-production flying car hasn&#39;t yet hit the showrooms, the prospects for space tourism have taken a few steps closer.
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The trip to San Diego was a return to where and when Joe Namath and the Jets of the old American Football League began to emerge as the Super Bowl III champions.
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Like millions of people fascinated by space, Anousheh Ansari said Wednesday she remembers wondering as a child if somebody else like her could be out there among the stars. Next month the Iranian-born U.S. entrepreneur can get a closer look, as she rides a Russian capsule to the international space station and becomes the first female space tourist.
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Richard Branson conquered the world. Now he wants to fly you to space. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine.
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After the first Apollo mission, funding appears for a resurgence in moon exploration.
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A Chinese businessman has paid $200,000 (about 103,000 pounds) to become his country's first space tourist, hoping for lift-off some time by the end of 2008.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA -- While SpaceShipOneâs wispy contrail from sky to space quickly vanished into the thin desert air here, Mondayâs flight at Mojave Spaceport left a solid line in the sand -- to create a &quot;new space age&quot; of personal space travel.
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The shuttle Discovery and its crew of six returned safely home Monday, rejuvenating a space program that until now had been vexed by the same chronic foam problem that brought down Columbia three years ago.
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Floating free above Earth and carrying out an experiment in space has long been the preserve of orbiting travelers, but at taxpayerâs expense.
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pioneering bid to win a $10 million (5.6 million pounds) prize and prove that space is open for business. space travel as ordinary as a Caribbean cruise.