Shirisha Bandla becomes 3rd Indian-American woman to fly into space

Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third Indian-American woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic's first fully-crewed......

Richard Branson completes spaceflight in his own ship

Virgin Galactic spaceship Unity carrying a crew of four, including British billionaire Richard Branson, dabbled into space and returned to Earth safely, a live stream of the event showed on Sunday.......

Richard Branson to make spaceflight on July 11, ahead of Bezos

United Kingdom billionaire and founder of the Virgin Galactic company Richard Branson says he will make a spaceflight on July 11, earlier than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. IMAGE: Founder of the......

Meet the 3rd Indian-origin woman to go to space

After Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams, Sirisha Bandla will become the third Indian-origin woman to fly into space. IMAGE: Sirisha will be astronaut no 004 and her flight role......

Images: Virgin SpaceShip2 makes first test flight!

The world is another step closer to space tourism now. You can book your place in space and join around 370 Virgin Galactic astronauts who will venture into space, soon. Tickets cost $200,000 and......

IMAGES: The place where space tourism dreams turn real

Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Virgin Galactic The recent crash of the Virgin Galactic’s space plane raised many questions on the future of space tourism. This, however, did not deter the......

Pay Rs 90 lakh and buy a ticket to space

Six Indians are among a list of 500 enthusiasts who have signed up for the first ever commercial space flight for an astronomical $200,000 (about Rs 90 lakh). The space tourism services by......

Branson plans commercial space flights

British airline magnate Richard Branson on Monday announced plans to launch commercial space flights. Speaking to reporters in central London, Branson said, Virgin Galactic would be ready to launch......