Space Travel

Astronauts Welcome the First Clown in Space
Guy Laliberte has big plans for the astronauts on board the international space station during his trip through the galaxy.

Who Was the Second Person to Set Foot on the Moon
History was created on 21st July, 1969, when man set foot on the moon for the very first time. Everyone knows that Neil Armstrong was the first of the two American astronauts to achieve this stupendous feat, but not many know who was the second person to set foot on the moon. Read on to know about Buzz Aldrin, who was the second person to land on the moon.

Sally Ride - First American Woman in Space
Sally Ride was the first American woman to travel in space. She is an inspiration for young aspiring astronauts, particularly girls who are fascinated by space exploration. To know more about astronaut Sally Ride, read on...

Billionaire Wants to Build Spaceport to Send Tourists to Space
Billionaire Richard Branson has his sights set on a vast expanse of the New Mexico desert for building Spaceport America, where tourists will be launched into space.

The Space Tourist's Handbook
A new book by Eric Anderson, President of Space Adventures, space tourism company. "The Space Tourist's Handbook" is a compilation of spaceflight history and real world information about training for and traveling outside the Earth's atmosphere.

Millionaire Gregory Olsen, Tourist, Blasts Off To Space Station
Instead of spending a couple of days at the beach, Gregory Olsen is spending a couple of days in a rocket, traveling to the international space station as a space tourist.

Space Adventures Offers Earthlings the Chance to Be Space Cadets
Virginia-based Space Adventures, the only private company to have successfully launched paying tourists into space, is planning to send another one up as early as October.

"Titanic" Director James Cameron to Try Space Travel
Director James Cameron, of "Titanic" fame, has undergone space training and has been given the go ahead from doctors to travel into space.

Microsoft Software Billionaire First Tourist to Go to Space Twice
Charles Simonyi, who paid $60m for two trips, on board 19th International Space Station mission

US Space and Rocket Center - A Great Vacation and Travel Destination
Have the vacation of a lifetime at The US Space and Rocket Center in Alabama, by knowing the Attractions to see - Best times to visit - Places to stay, and more.

Google Co-founder Sergey Brin Invests in Ticket to Space
Sergey Brin has pumped ?2.5m into a space tourism company and hopes to go into orbit himself within three years, US newspaper reports

A New Era Of Space Travel Is On The Horizon
Article on the prospect of commercial space travel and tourism in 2009.

Branson's Party for High Fliers
Andrew Clark samples the razzmatazz as Virgin Galactic's clients gather at New York's planetarium

Blow for Virgin Space Program As Prototype Rockets Go Up in Smoke
· Propulsion system for hybrid craft blows up · Three workers killed and three wounded in blast

Thousands Apply for 520-day Journey to Nowhere
Moscow 'space flight' to simulate voyage to Mars - Britons seek places in cramped static cabin

Amazon Founder Joins Budget Space Race
As the founder of the internet bookstore amazon.com, Jeff Bezos made a fortune selling cheaply to the online masses. Now the dotcom billionaire has embarked on another pioneering venture - to bring low-cost space travel into public reach.

Blogs in Space Another First for Soyuz Tourist
"A long, long time ago in a country far, far away ... there was a young girl who had her eyes fixed on the twinkling stars of the night skies over Tehran." So begins the blog of Anousheh Ansari, who this week created a clutch of precedents.

One Large Steppe for Millionaire Space Tourist
A 60-year-old communications millionaire and the world's third space tourist clattered back down on to the barren steppes of Kazakhstan early yesterday morning after an eight-day stay at the International Space Station.

Russia's great leap for tourism - a $100m trip to the moon
Russia's federal space agency took a giant leap in the field of cosmic tourism yesterday with the announcement it will offer a $100m (£57m) trip to the moon.

Space Travel Gets Solar-powered
US and Russian scientists are planning the ultimate in fuel-economy travel: they hope to launch a space sailing ship driven only by the pressure of sunlight later this year. Cosmos 1, an unfurled fan of 15 metre sails, each far thinner than a dustbin bag but stiffened and coated with...

From Squash to Space Tourism
The Tongan government's attempts to elevate the nation from its status as a sleepy agricultural backwater have often tended towards the farcical, writes David Fickling

Fly High and End Up Legless
It may sound heroic, but space travel can seriously damage your health, warns Paul Simons

Afronaut back to earth with a bump
South Africa's millionaire space tourist hopes to repeat his 'most extraordinary experience' despite nerve-jangling end to 10-day odyssey.

Second space tourist lifts off
The world's second space tourist lifted off today in a Russian rocket from the Baikonur launchpad in Central Asia, heading for the International Space Station.

Tonga opens a gateway to space tourism
Stricken by poverty and corruption, the tiny South Pacific state of Tonga has always been forced to be entrepreneurial.