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...

Russia sends 6th space tourist into space at an increased fee of $30 million

Space travel just got more expensive. While American businessman Dennis Tito had to pay a whopping US$20 million to go down in history as the first space tourist in 2001, the most recent space tourist Richard...