Space Tourist Blasts Off: US Billionaire Charles Simonyi in Orbit

An American space tourist was thrust into orbit today, his second trip into outer space.  It was blast off time for US billionaire Charles Simonyi and the crew of the Russian rocket Soyuz, Thursday, amidst...

Millionaire Richard 'Lord British' Garriott Docks with International Space St...

Richard Garriott, a visionary game designer, just couldn't resist adding the word 'astronaut' to his list of feats. Not enough to almost single-handedly make popular the massively multiplayer and role playing...

First Woman Space Station Commander & Team Launched Today

 Flames danced against the dawning sky as the International Space Station's first woman commander and team mates were launched successfully from Baikonur Cosmodrome. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson,...