Space Tourism

Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin became the first person to fly into space, a new symbol seeks to unite the hundreds of people who have followed his trajectory.

A former Space Camp counselor and an "analog astronaut" whose father tracked Apollo experiments deployed on the moon have won seats aboard the first all-civilian spaceflight.

Virgin Galactic today (March 30) unveiled its second piloted space plane, a shiny silver vehicle called VSS Imagine.

Binnie retells it all in "The Magic and Menace of SpaceShipOne."

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.

"Surviving Mars" is a sleek strategy game that challenges you to build a city on the Red Planet and you can get it free this week from Epic Games.

Self-described space geek Jared Isaacman told Space.com he feels fortunate to be at the helm of the Inspiration4 private mission to Earth orbit.

Virgin Galactic won't be launching tourists to space this year after technical tweaks delayed the company's upcoming test flight by more than two months.

Orbital Assembly Corp. recently unveiled new details about its ambitious Voyager Station, which is projected to be the first commercial space station operating with artificial gravity.

You only have a few days left to enter to win a chance to go to space on the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission, which is scheduled to launch to Earth orbit in late 2021.

Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old survivor of childhood bone cancer, will join the private Inspiration4 SpaceX mission led by Jared Isaacman.

A commercial directed by Bryce Dallas Howard for billionaire Jared Isaacman's Inspiration4 spaceflight on a SpaceX spacecraft will launch during Super Bowl LV.

It will be Virgin Galactic's third spaceflight overall and the first to lift off from New Mexico's Spaceport America, the company's commercial hub.

SpaceX will launch "the first-ever all-private crewed orbital mission" on a Crew Dragon spacecraft in late 2021.

Axiom Space has unveiled the crew of the first entirely-private orbital space mission, Ax-1, to launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft this year.

"Mannequin Skywalker" will fly to space Thursday (Jan. 14) as part of a big test for Blue Origin's budding human spaceflight program — and you can watch the event live.

This October, I left the comfortable embrace of Earth's gravity, taking to the skies aboard a "zero-gravity flight."

A bad computer connection foiled Virgin Galactic's attempt to reach space over the weekend.

Virgin Galactic's first SpaceShipTwo test launch from its Spaceport America home experienced an apparent launch abort shortly after engine ignition Saturday (Dec. 12).