07 June 2021
Bezos to join auction winner on first crewed New Shepard flight
..., as its main rival, Virgin Galactic, does not expect to fly private customers until 2022. “When it comes to space tourism, no one has done it as carefully and rigorously as Blue Origin,” said Thomas Markusic, chief executive of Firefly Aerospace...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
...these launchers are based on earlier initiatives into space tourism, and in others they are specifically targeted at...to serve orbital launches. Caveat for developers While the space transportation industry prepares to serve the small spacecraft market...
19 July 2021
Blue Origin ready for first crewed New Shepard launch 20 July
... Glenn – who was 77 when he flew into space as part of the space shuttle mission STS-95 to study how microgravity affects aging... available. Daeman’s flight will mark the start of paid space-tourism flights for Blue Origin and has plans to loft more ...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
... satellite launch company was formed as part of space tourism business Virgin Galactic, which transported Branson into sub....” Daniel Smith, CEO of the Edinburgh-based strategic space marketing firm AstroAgency, says Virgin Orbit's proactive support ...
15 February 2017
ROOM joins two European universities in a project promoting space awareness
... topics in order to further discourse and promote interest in space-related fields. The students chose to work with five ROOM...micro-organisms for potentially creating life in space; space tourism; the psychological and technological aspects of Moon...
26 February 2018
Handbook of Space Law
..., it is fast becoming relevant to commercial enterprises and individuals. Topics such as asteroid mining, lunar exploration and space tourism have seen to that. Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 astronaut and co-founder of the B612 Foundation (a group with...
