People in their mid-20s are usually still on the road to fulfilling their lifelong dreams. For Mexican-born Katya Echazarreta, however, such dreams have already been realized at the tender age of 26. As of the writing of this article, Katya is the first Mexican woman to reach outer space. This opportunity was made possible through ...
British Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic has announced that it will merge with Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH), a public investment firm, sometime later this year. The merger will create a new company called Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., which could end up becoming the first publicly traded commercial space travel company in the world. First to ...
Back in 2014, NASA awarded both Boeing and SpaceX contracts to develop commercial crew transportation systems; the eventual initial missions under these contracts will involve trips to the International Space Station (ISS). In contrast, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin have solid plans to cash in on human space travel by ferrying tourists to the frontier ...
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