Explore how the booming space tourism industry has evolved and what’s next
Private companies have launched nearly 120 civilians to the edge of space, establishing a new frontier in travel. Space tourism is no longer science fiction, but science fact.
Two companies – Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic – offer suborbital flights reaching approximately 50 to 60 miles above Earth. These journeys last as little as 11 minutes, and have sent newly-minted astronauts, tycoons and celebrities — including