Category: space travel

Millionaire Says He Waited Nearly 20 Years to Go to Space

After purchasing his ticket to outer space in 2004, business mogul and real estate millionaire Ken Baxter will be boarding a rocket to see the stars in early September. “I wanted to be the first civilian to go on a [private] rocket to outer space,” Mr. Baxter, a Las Vegas resident, told The Epoch Times….


Moving to Mars: Researchers Investigate What’s Possible Using New Model

Experts in space medicine from the Australian National University (ANU) have developed a mathematical model to evaluate the impact that space travel to Mars would have on the human body. The lead author of the paper, Lex van Loon, a Research Fellow from the ANU Medical School, said in a news release that with the advent…


Virgin Galactic Rockets Higher After Latest Space Travel Announcement

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. shares are trading higher Tuesday after the space travel company announce it will open ticket sales to the general public for the purchase of one of Virgin Galactic’s initial spaceflight reservations. During spaceflight, astronauts will experience a 90-minute journey including a signature air launch and Mach-3 boost to space. Virgin Galactic shares…


SpaceX to Launch First All-Civilian Space Flight

The SpaceX “Inspiration4” mission takes flight on Sept. 15, making history on several fronts. The SpaceX program, based in Hawthorne, Calif., will launch the first-ever all-civilian crew on a three-day mission to space. The flight, called “Inspiration4,” is a part of a fundraising campaign for St. Jude’s Hospital and will be launched from the Kennedy…


SpaceX Launches First All-Civilian Space Flight

The SpaceX “Inspiration4” mission took flight on Sept. 15, making history on several fronts. The SpaceX program, based in Hawthorne, Calif., will launch the first-ever all-civilian crew on a three-day mission to space. The flight, called “Inspiration4,” is a part of a fundraising campaign for St. Jude’s Hospital and will be launched from the Kennedy…


Elon Musk Teams up With Netflix to Stream SpaceX Space Mission in ‘Near Real Time’

By Entrepreneur Staff September 15, 2021 is the scheduled date for the launch of the Inspiration4 mission, the first to send a ship occupied only by civilians into space. The space travel aboard a rocket from SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace company, will be broadcast on Netflix in “near real time.” This Thursday, the streaming platform announced the launch…


The Simpsons Predicted Richard Branson’s Space Trip

By Entrepreneur Staff Every time a relevant event occurs in the world, The Simpsons fans look for clues that the yellow family would have anticipated it. This time, the protagonist of a supposed premonition is Richard Branson’s trip to space. The Virgin Atlantic Twitter account, owned by the British mogul, posted alleged evidence that the space odyssey…