Space Tourism: The Latest News, Features and Photos

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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'Everyday Astronaut' Tackles the Tyrannical Rocket Equation in Epic Final

June 14, 2018 | Article

In the latest episode of the Facebook Watch series "Spacing Out with the Everyday Astronaut," host Tim Dodd explains why rockets need to be so big to launch heavy payloads.
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Want to Take a 10-Day Trip to the Space Station? It'll Cost You $55 Million

June 14, 2018 | Article

You can sign up now for a 10-day mission in Earth orbit, if you've got $55 million to spare. That's the all-inclusive price just announced by Axiom Space, a Houston-based company working to build the first private space station.
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SpaceX Won't Launch Tourists Around the Moon This Year

June 06, 2018 | Article

SpaceX won't launch two space tourists on a mission around the moon in 2018 after all, according to media reports.
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Watch This Awesome Uncut Video of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Test Flight!

May 31, 2018 | Article

Here's something different: an uncut video of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity as it lights its rocket motor, streaks upward and deploys its novel feathering system to begin the glide back to Earth.
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In Photos: Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Aces 2nd Powered Test Flight

May 31, 2018 | Image Album

Virgin Galactic's newest suborbital space plane completed its second rocket-powered test flight on May 29, 2018. See photos here.
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Fly Along on a Virgin Galactic Test Flight in This Awesome Video

May 30, 2018 | Article

A new video lets you fly along on the second rocket-powered flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane, even taking you inside the cockpit.
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Success! Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Space Plane Aces 2nd Powered Test Flight

May 29, 2018 | Article

Virgin Galactic's newest space plane has taken to the skies again.
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New Shepard: Rocket for Space Tourism

April 20, 2018 | Reference

New Shepard is a rocket manufactured by Blue Origin for space tourism. It is designed to take up to six passengers into suborbital space inside of a crew capsule.
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Bankrupt Spaceflight Company's Space Plane Assets to Help Young Minds Soar

April 20, 2018 | Article

Before it went bankrupt last year, XCOR Aerospace aimed to fly tourists to space with the company's Lynx suborbital vehicle. But now, XCOR's assets will help give high school and college students hands-on experience with rockets and space technology.
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Ex-Space Plane: Inside the Hangar at Bankrupt XCOR Aerospace (Photos)

April 18, 2018 | Image Album

XCOR Aerospace was developing a space plane called Lynx, but that work stopped when the company went bankrupt in 2017. Here's a look inside XCOR's former facilities at the Mojave Air and Space Port, courtesy of Space.com contributor Douglas Messier.
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