space tourism

NASA astronauts discuss challenges of space life and data collection

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Yahoo Finance’s “Space Race: Investing in the Final Frontier” series continues with an interview with NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Tracy Dyson. The two space explorers join Wealth! to share their experiences in space. Dyson describes their mission as ongoing and emphasizes that the primary goal is to learn how to live, work and explore … Read more

How the historic launch of SpaceShipOne twenty years ago paved the way for a new era of space tourism

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It was a unique moment for a crowd of well-wishers, including this reporter, all with their noses up and pointed skyward at California’s Mojave Airport on June 21, 2004. Releases from its White Knight mothership, with its rocket engine powering the experimental suborbital SpaceShipOne vehicle roared to life, expertly piloted by test pilot Mike Melvill. … Read more