SpaceX Starship Could Spark Explosion In Space Tourism, Scholar Says

The SpaceX Starship, the most powerful and advanced super-capsule ever designed on this planet, could spark an explosion in ...

Did Elon Musk Win The Space Tourism ‘Race’ Without Even Trying?

Twenty-five years after the first space tourist paid $20 million to fly to the International Space Station, just 140 paying travelers have visited space.
The New York Times

Glimpses of the Final Frontier at the American Museum of Natural History

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is making the most of it. An image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a ...

Is Space Tourism Finally Ready for Takeoff?

Delays and rising prices have made the promise of space travel for ordinary people more elusive than ever. Will that ever change?
HotHardware

Blue Origin Expands Space Tourism With Successful NS-33 New Shepard Flight

Blue Origin's rocket, New Shepard, just completed its 33rd journey, carrying six people and about 1,000 postcards. The flight, named NS-33 (New Shepard 33), is New Shepard's 13th flight with humans.
The Conversation

Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement – a tourism scholar explains how

On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin launched six women – Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn and Lauren Sánchez – on a suborbital journey to the edge of space. The headlines ...
Phys.org

Private space tourism is taking off—but laws on outer space are from another era

Private commercial operators are launching more rockets into space, carrying more people and pursuing more ambitious missions than ever before. Space tourism is part of this growth, with 140 paying ...