Hotels in space

Commercial Crew logo. Image: NASA

Boeing and SpaceX win NASA tender to fly astronauts to space station

Stratolaunch Systems will build a mobile launch system

A plane on its way to space

In the eye of the artist: the Skylon space plane orbits the Earth. Illustrations: Courtesy of Reaction Engines Ltd.

take off from the terminal into space

Orbital Sciences is one of many companies seeking to produce a 'space taxi'. PR photo - Orbital Sciences Corporation

Many companies offer to build a "space taxi"

Many companies are interested in providing services for taking passengers into space and returning them from there for NASA's commercial space program CCDev 2, in which the agency encourages commercial companies to manufacture their space vehicles, and provide
The spaceship Spaceship-2 at the moment of separation from the plane carrying it: "White Knight 2"

The complete guide to the private space industry

start up Burning liquid oxygen and kerosene, the main engine of XCOR's Lynx spews flames during a test held last March in the Mojave Desert. Photo: Popular Science

Space, Ltd

The spacecraft's maiden flight is planned for 2012 [Courtesy: Almaz Excalibur]

Excalibur - the return of the diamond

A hotel in space that Galactic Suite plans to open in 2012

Cities in space: dream or reality?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Will the first space hotel open in 2012?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Second experimental launch to the inflatable space hotel

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The upper millennium conquers the space

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Future Shock 4 - A Private Interstellar Journey

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

2001: What came true in reality - Part II - Space tourism