space travel news

Virgin Galactic believes it has the necessary financial muscle to reach commercialisation with its proposed space tourism flights, after merging with investment partnership Social Capital ... More

Rudding Park Hotel and Spa in Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK, has expanded its Roof Top Spa offering with the addition of an Oxygen Pod. Seating six ... More

Destination Space, a directive from the UK Space Agency and the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC), is aiming to get children to ... More

The Scottish Highlands are set to become the hub for British space travel, a sector which could be worth an estimated £3.8bn (US$5bn, €4.3bn) to ... More

GOCO Hospitality has opened its latest spa on the Greek island of Crete. Part of Daios Cove Luxury Resort & Villas, the spa provides holistic ... More

Chinese real-estate investment group Evergrande has announced it is working on a Fairytale Theme Park in Xixian New District, Shaanxi province. The news comes hot ... More

The first ever TIDE conference (Technology. Innovation. Design. Experience.) takes place next week in Orlando, a day-long precursor to the annual InfoComm convention in Orlando, ... More

Avatar: Discover Pandora, a travelling exhibition based on the James Cameron-directed 3D movie, starts its global tour with a three-month stint in Taipei, Taiwan. Opening ... More

Thousands of museums professionals have descended on the US capital for the American Alliance of Museums’ 2016 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. Taking place in Washington, ... More

Sir Richard Branson’s intergalactic ambitions have taken flight once more, after Virgin Galactic unveiled an updated version of its commercial spacecraft, which will begin a ... More

Alton Towers has turned UK astronaut Tim Peake’s home street into a ‘gravity-free zone’, also announcing a new space education programme to promote the upcoming ... More

California Science Center has debuted a new immersive visitor experience, enabling guests to see life through the lens of an astronaut. The Journey to Space ... More

Muzeiko – the first children’s museum to be built in post-Soviet Eastern Europe – has opened its doors to the public in Sofia, Bulgaria. Following ... More

New Mexico’s Spaceport America – the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world – has launched a new experience tour and exhibition for its visitors ... More

Israel’s Ashdod Municipality has released plans for the development of a space-themed amusement park, to help inspire the next generation of intrepid space travellers. Working ... More

The general public may one day get the chance to grab a spot on Boeing’s planned space taxi, which is being developed to ferry NASA ... More

Image: SpaceShipTwo on its first 'feathered' flight Virgin Galactic has moved a step closer to operating commercial space travel services after it secured an experimental ... More

Virgin Galactic's efforts to establish a new commercial space travel service have taken a step forward after the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) vessel completed its first "feathered" ... More

Virgin Galactic's bid to become the first company to offer commercial space travel has moved forward after the VSS Enterprise completed its first manned free ... More

Moscow Planetarium has contracted digital theatre company Global Immersion to design and install digital display systems into three of the site's theatres. The theatres are ... More

Premier Inn, the budget hotel chain owned by Whitbread, has announced details of its most ambitious expansion plans yet: to build a site on the ... More

The company which sent the first private citizens into space – Space Adventures – is set to invest a total of US$265m (£152m, 222m euro) ... More