Forty-eight years ago today, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. He rode the Soviet spaceship Vostok 1 into orbit, shocking America and the world with a major PR coup…and an incredible achievement. Not the best pilot Gagarin was s good pilot, but not the best. Cosmonaut Gherman Titov, who’s flight followed Gagain’s, [...]

Billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi, age 60, has had his wings clipped by his 28 year old Swedish wife. His second space flight, which will begin March 26th, will be his last. He’s spent about $60 million on his two flights—and now he’s got responsibilities at home. Planned before engagement Mrs. Simonyi agreed to let [...]

Maybe I’ll be proved wrong—I’d be thrilled if that happened—but I can’t help but be skeptical about ARCA‘s scheduled attempt to win the Google Lunar X-Prize. Romania’s space agency says it plans to make a test flight into suborbital space on Thursday, weather permitting. From ARCA’s website: The first launch attempt of Helen vehicle will [...]