Space tourism

Years late and billions over budget, NASA’s new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight

Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space

Space, we have an equity problem.

SpaceX’s first private flight blasted off Wednesday night with two contest winners, a health care worker, and their rich sponsor, the most ambitious leap yet in space tourism.

With Virgin Galactic making its highest-profile test flight to date with boss Richard Branson aboard.

It was also the first to carry a full crew of two pilots and four mission specialists in the cabin, including the founder of Virgin Galactic Richard Branson.