Got $190,000? Plan a holiday in space
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Richard Branson reinforced his reputation as an entrepreneurial showman on Monday by announcing a $100m plan to send tourists into space.
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LOS ANGELES A private spaceship is to blast off for the second time in a week on Monday in the final stage of an attempt to win a $10 million prize.
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When the first space vacations are available, Richard Branson will be there selling them. On Sept. 27, Branson&#39;s Virgin announced a partnership with Paul Allen&#39;s Mojave Aerospace Ventures and SpaceShipOne
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SpaceShipOne's second flight laid the foundations for what organizers hope will be a new era of cheap, reliable access to space.
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By The Associated Press  POWAY -- A man who gave up a free space ride because he couldn't afford the taxes on the contest prize may be going to the cosmos after all.
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Trying to save the famed Hubble Space Telescope with a robot would cost &#36;2 billion with just a 50-50 chance of success, an aerospace research group is advising NASA in the coming days.
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By Miami Herald and staff reports  Space adventures are all the rage. Some  like the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Launch Experience and Mission: Space at Epcot  are priced for the mortals among us; others cost the moon and stars.  Space Camp, Huntsville, Ala.  The U.S.
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LOS ANGELES - 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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WASHINGTON - A U.S. Senate panel has recommended providing $17.45 billion for NASA next year, or about $150 million more than the White House requested.
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Just how much is that vacation into orbit going to cost? By Aria Pearson and Adam Rogers from Wired magazine.
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Two business moguls announce plans to capitalize on the current hubbub over private spaceflight. Also: Speculation increases on whether SpaceShipOne will carry passengers on its second prize-attempt flight.... and more. By Dan Brekke.
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The inventors and moguls of the infant space tourism industry predict there will be deaths along the way, but it's worth it so regular people can one day blast into outer space.
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Also: Stephen Hawking's next goal: Space travel. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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The age of commercial space flight officially begins Monday as SpaceShipOne completes its second successful flight into space to capture the Ansari X Prize. It's $10 million to the developers, who look forward to a bright future ahead. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California.
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FOR the City trader who has a bonus to spendbut already owns a full complement of overseas homes and fast cars there is a new must- have accessory a ticket into space.
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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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The Burt Rutan/Paul Allen private spacecraft is on the brink of nabbing the $10 million X Prize. But that&#39;s just the start. The $10 million X Prize is almost in the bank.