Private Space News (9-13 June)
The major private companies offering space tourism services in 2025 include SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic. SpaceX leads in orbital space tourism with its Starship program, offering multi-day missions and lunar flybys. Blue Origin specializes in suborbital tourism with its New Shepard vehicle, providing automated flights with large windows for Earth viewing. Virgin Galactic operates suborbital flights using SpaceShipTwo and is developing “Delta-class” spaceplanes for enhanced experiences. Over 10 companies are entering the market, with suborbital tourism dominating and orbital demand expected to rise by 2030.
- Archimedes engine.
- Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4)
- Axiom Space
- Blue Moon Mark 1
- Blue Origin
- Commercial space station
- Crew Dragon spacecraft
- Delta-class spaceplanes
- Earth observation
- Electron rocket
- Falcon 9 rocket
- Heavy-lift rocket
- Human research
- International Space Station (ISS)
- Kennedy Space Center
- NASA private astronaut mission program
- Neutron rocket
- New Glenn rocket
- New Shepard
- Polaris Program
- Rocket Lab
- Scientific experiments
- Space tourism
- SpaceX
- SpaceX Human Spaceflight Program
- Starship vehicle
- Synthetic aperture radar satellite
- Ticket sales
- Virgin Galactic
SpaceX Ax-4 launch postponed: propellant leak (Space News)
SpaceX Ax-4 launch postponed due to propellant leak
- Ax-4 Mission
- Axiom Space
- Build & Flight Reliability
- Crew Dragon capsule
- Falcon 9 rocket
- Human spaceflight
- ISS (International Space Station)
- Launch delay
- Liquid oxygen
- Pacific Ocean
- Peggy Whitson
- Prelaunch tests
- propellant leak
- Refurbishment
- Rocket engines.
- RP-1
- Science experiments
- Shubhanshu Shukla
- Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski
- SpaceX
- Splashdown
- Static fire test
- Tibor Kapu
- Troubleshooting
- William Gestmeier
Meet Axiom-4 Pilot Shubanshu Shukla (Space People)
Axiom Space is set to launch the first Indian astronaut to orbit since 1984, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, on the Ax-4 mission. The four-person mission will conduct research and tech demonstrations aboard the ISS for 14 days, with contributions from over 30 countries.
- Astronaut team
- Ax-4 Mission
- Axiom Space
- Cumulative time in space
- European Space Agency
- Experiments
- Gaganyaan
- Human spaceflight
- Indian astronaut
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
- International Space Station (ISS)
- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
- Large Hadron Collider
- Orbital human spaceflight.
- Peggy Whitson
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Rakesh Sharma
- Research and technology demonstrations
- Shubhanshu Shukla
- Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski
- Space mission
- Spaceflight
- Tibor Kapu
- Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Astronauts Making Pizza on the ISS (Space People)
Pizza-making on the International Space Station (ISS) has become a unique culinary experience, with astronauts gathering to prepare and share their personal pizzas. The process involves securing ingredients, assembling the pizza, and baking it in a special oven. NASA is exploring 3D food printing technology for future missions.
- Ax-4 Mission
- Axiom Space
- Build & Flight Reliability
- Crew Dragon capsule
- Falcon 9 rocket
- Human spaceflight
- ISS (International Space Station)
- Launch delay
- Liquid oxygen
- Pacific Ocean
- Peggy Whitson
- Prelaunch tests
- propellant leak
- Refurbishment
- Rocket engines.
- RP-1
- Science experiments
- Shubhanshu Shukla
- Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski
- SpaceX
- Splashdown
- Static fire test
- Tibor Kapu
- Troubleshooting
- William Gestmeier