Space Tourism: The Latest News, Features and Photos

Aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus will become the first wheelchair user ever to reach space today (Dec. 18), and you can watch her historic launch atop a Blue Origin rocket live.

Blue Origin is targeting Dec. 18 for its NS-37 suborbital launch, which will fly a wheelchair user to space for the first time ever.

Blue Origin's upcoming NS-37 space tourism launch has special significance: One of the passengers is Michi Benthaus, who will become the first wheelchair user in space.

Blue Origin's next space tourist launch will make history, sending a wheelchair user to the final frontier for the first time.

CAS Space is preparing to launch its first liquid propellant rocket, the Kinetica 2, carrying a prototype cargo spacecraft — the latest sign of China's accelerating commercial launch sector.

Blue Origin launched its 15th space tourism mission today (Oct. 8), sending six people on a brief trip to the final frontier.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch its 15th space tourism mission on Wednesday morning (Oct. 8), and you can watch it live.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin just announced the passenger list for NS-36, the company's 15th space tourism launch.

Purdue University, known as the "cradle of astronauts," will send a six-person crew to suborbital space with Virgin Galactic in 2027.

Blue Origin launched its 35th New Shepard suborbital mission this morning (Sept. 18) after a nearly four-week delay, flying more than 40 scientific payloads above the Kármán Line.