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Space Tourism Companies Compared: Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Axiom, Vast and Space Adventures
Who can fly you to space? Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Axiom Space, Vast and Space Adventures compared: suborbital or orbital, what each has flown, what is planned for…
Starlab Space Station Explained: Design, Payload Lab, Partners and Status
Starlab is a commercial space station for four crew that launches in one piece on Starship. The design, the 13-platform payload lab, the Voyager, Airbus and Mitsubishi joint ven…
Axiom Station Explained: Modules, Timeline and How to Get Access
Axiom Space plans to launch the first Axiom Station module in 2028 and a second less than a year later, forming a free-flying station for four crew. The planned modules, the cha…
How Much Does a Trip to Space Cost? Suborbital and Orbital Ticket Prices in 2026
What a trip to space costs in 2026: Virgin Galactic's $750,000 seats, Blue Origin's New Shepard pause and why orbital seat prices are not published.
Crew-12 Heads Home: Meir, Hathaway, Adenot and Fedyaev Wrap Up Their ISS Mission
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 is preparing to leave the ISS after nearly eight months. Undocking is targeted for no earlier than 7 October, with splashdown off California on 8 October.…
The First Moon Missions: From Luna 1 to Apollo 11
Which spacecraft reached the Moon first? A timeline of the first lunar flyby, impact, soft landing, orbiter and crewed landing, based on NASA records.
SpaceX Crew-13 Launches to the ISS on the Fastest Planned Trip in Station History
Crew-13 lifted off on 1 October 2026 from Cape Canaveral. Dragon was scheduled to dock about 7 hours and 50 minutes later, the fastest launch-to-docking by a US spacecraft at th…
NASA, CSA and DLR Team Up on a Lunar Agriculture Module for Space Crops
NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center have signed a joint statement of intent toward an Earth-based demonstrator for growing crops on the Moon.
Spacewalk Training: How Astronauts Prepare in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
How astronauts train for spacewalks: NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, a 6.2 million gallon pool, its history since Gemini and how Crew-13 prepared in 2026.