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Learn the latest news about space tourism and space tourist trips into outer space. Space.com looks at the growing business of space tourism. 

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To individualize each Astronaut Edition LandRover, the skid — the lightweight wooden breaking mechanism — from the astronaut-owner's spaceflight will be inscribed and added to the center console.

Land Rover Unveils Astronaut Edition Vehicle, for Virgin Galactic Space Tourists Only!

By Elizabeth Howell

If you're a future space tourist with Virgin Galactic, there's a nice bonus in store for you.

Space Books Recommended Reading

Best Space Books and Sci-Fi for 2019

By SPACE.com Staff

Space.com's editors present a reading list for space and sci-fi lovers, as well as children who are interested in astronomy and spaceflight.

Virgin Galactic's suborbital vehicle made its second flight to space on Feb. 22, 2019.

Space Tourism Is About to Push Civilian Astronaut Medicine Into the Final Frontier

By Meghan Bartels

For decades, access to space has been limited based on a set of preconceived beliefs about human bodies — but capitalism is chipping away at those restrictions.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket booster approaches landing after successfully launching the company's eleventh mission, NS-11, from West Texas on May 2, 2019.

Blue Origin's Amazing NS-11 New Shepard Spacecraft Test Flight in Photos

By Hanneke Weitering

See photos from the 11th test flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft. The reusable rocket and capsule aced the launch and landing at Blue Origin's West Texas test site on May 2, 2019.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifts off from Cap Canaveral

Blastoff! How to See a Rocket Launch In Person This Year

By Sarah Lewin

It's not just for the pros: With a little planning and flexibility, anybody can go watch a rocket blast off. Our in-depth guide goes through each of this year's U.S. launch locations and dates.

Virgin Galactic conducted a historic first supersonic test flight of SpaceShipTwo on April 29, 2013, in the Mojave Desert, CA.

Why Next-Generation Astronauts Will Need the 'New Right Stuff' for Space Travel

By Sarah Wells

Space is going to ask more from us than brains and brawn.

SpaceX Dragon and Space Station Meet

SpaceX's Dragon: First Private Spacecraft to Reach the Space Station

By Elizabeth Howell

The Dragon spacecraft first reached the International Space Station in 2012.

Full Size Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo

SpaceShipTwo: On a Flight Path to Space Tourism

By Elizabeth Howell

SpaceShipTwo could be flying private customers into space within the next few years.

5 Years After SpaceShipOne: Commercial Spaceflight Ready for 'Go'

SpaceShipOne: The First Private Spacecraft

By Tim Sharp

SpaceShipOne launched the era of private spaceflight.

SpaceX's first Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen atop its Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in February 2019.

SpaceX Dragon Crew Demo-1 Flight to Space Station: Full Coverage

By Mike Wall

Here's what you need to know about SpaceX's Crew Dragon astronaut taxi, its upcoming shakeout flight to the space station and the short-term future of human spaceflight.

A sensor-laden dummy named Ripley and a microgravity-indicating "Celestial Buddy" are riding on the first orbital flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, which launched March 2, 2019.

Elon Musk Wants Space Tourists to Fly on SpaceX's New Ride for NASA

By Mike Wall

The billionaire entrepreneur sees a bright and busy future for SpaceX's newly debuted Crew Dragon capsule.

Virgin Galactic video shows SpaceShipTwo flight

Amazing Virgin Galactic Launch Video Shows Black Sky, Blue Earth

By Elizabeth Howell

Ride along with Virgin Galactic at the edge of space in an incredible new YouTube video from the SpaceShipTwo suborbital rocket, VSS Unity, and its carrier aircraft, WhiteKnightTwo.

A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the Expedition 33/34 crew to the International Space Station on Oct. 23, 2012.

Russia Says It Will Launch 2 Tourists Into Orbit for Space Adventures in 2021

By Tariq Malik

Roscosmos has inked a deal with the U.S. space tourism company Space Adventures to fly two paying passengers to the International Space Station in 2021.

During the company's fifth powered test flight on Feb. 22, 2019, copilots Dave Mackay and Mike "Sooch" Masucci took the VSS Unity space plane to an altitude of 55.4 miles (90 kilometers).

Virgin Galactic Reaches Space Again, Flies Test Passenger for 1st Time

By Meghan Bartels

NASA is eager to get commercial landers to the moon.

NASA Picks Payloads to Be Toted by 1st Private Moon Landers

By Mike Wall

We know now what NASA science gear will fly on the first private moon landers, which could launch as early as this year.

Jeff Bezos at the Space Symposium in 2017

Jeff Bezos Emphasizes Altitude Advantage of New Shepard over SpaceShipTwo

By Jeff Foust

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceliner over Earth

Virgin Galactic Will Launch Its Next SpaceShipTwo Test Flight Soon

By Mike Wall

Virgin Galactic will take to the skies again tomorrow (Feb. 20), if all goes according to plan.

Virgin Galactic prepared its VSS Unity spaceplane on Feb. 17 for a Feb. 20 test flight that was scrubbed by weather conditions.

Virgin Galactic Delays SpaceShipTwo Test Flight Due to Weather

By Meghan Bartels

They'll try again in a few days.

Bas Lansdorp, founder of Mars One, confirmed the bankruptcy of the venture's for-profit arm, Mars One Ventures AG, but said he was working with administrators and a potential investor on a way to rescue it.

Mars One Company Goes Bankrupt

By Jeff Foust

The company that was to finance Mars One has been liquidated, dealing a severe setback to the venture’s quixotic goals of one-way human missions to Mars.

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SpaceX's Raptor Engine Hits Power Level for Starship Launches, Elon Musk Says

By Meghan Bartels

A test fire of SpaceX's newest engine reached the power level necessary for the company's next round of rocket designs, CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter.