Local firm pushes frontiers of space tourism

Space tourism is just the beginning of space exploration. This is the word from Brad Inggs, whose Durban company Orbital Horizon, in partnership with American company Xcor Aerospace, recently began offering trips into space in a new suborbital spaceship.

Branson's Virgin Galactic to fly scientists into space

Richard Branson announced Monday that his Virgin Galactic commercial space flight program will include not just space tourists but scientists who will conduct research experiments.

Nasa budget boosts private space

US President Barack Obama wants more money to go towards developing commercial rockets and capsules to take American astronauts into orbit.

Proposed private space plane gets fiery name: Prometheus

A proposed private spaceship designed to carry astronauts by the commercial space firm in Virginia has a new name steeped in mythology: Prometheus. The company Orbital Sciences unveiled the Prometheus space plane name Feb. 1.