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The latest SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is bound for the International Space Station after launching at 3

Commercial space industry see this as the very, very beginning, right? this is sub orbital flight. next we'll have more access to orbital flight and take people around the planet and we'll have eventually space stations where people can go and actually visit a space station and stay a week or so and spend your vacation on a space station in orbit. while people are vacationing there other people will take advantage of microgravity and 3d products that you can build there or develop pharmaceuticals that you can only develop in microgravity and all the while nasa is still exploring space and goin...

Been developing for over 16 years. the date is also significant for another reason. if the mission isn't delayed — it would mean the virgin boss beating his billionaire rival jeff bezos to make it to the edge of space. mr bezos�*s own journey is scheduled for the following week. will whitehorn is a former president of virgin galactic and now chief of ukspace — he told me what commercial space flight travel will involve. it's going to be many different things. in the case of sir richard branson's trip, which will act to go beyond the edge of space, they will cross nasa's official definiti...

A new study published June 7 in the journal Scientific Reports found that space travel weakens the immune system by causing the abnormal activation of cells that suppress immune responses. [...]

autoevolution 3 Jun 2021, 14:34 UTC · by After successfully completing its first crewed flight from New Mexico on May 22nd, Virgin Galactic just announced that it will fly a new passenger. Kellie Gerardi, a space communicator and researcher for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS), will go to space on a dedicated research flight. Once in zero-G, she will conduct science experiments and test new technologies. 1 photo Kellie Gerardi joined the IIAS in 2017 and has since then completed an intensive training program including high-G training, high-altitude trainin...