He covers a wide range of stories, including space exploration. Strassmann is also the senior national correspondent for "Face the Nation." Analisa Novak is a content producer for CBS News and the ...

Private companies have launched nearly 120 civilians to the edge of space, establishing a new frontier in travel. Space tourism is no longer science fiction, but science fact. Others who have been ...

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Pop star Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King are among six women who traveled aboard Blue Origin’s all-female, suborbital space tourism mission. • The company’s New Shepard rocket lifted ...

Well, these are experiences that are becoming a reality—and that holds true for ‘civilians’ without scientific or governmental roles as well —thanks to space tourism, or travelling to ...

A space tourism rocket carried an all-female crew of six, including pop star Katy Perry, TV host Gayle King and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez, to the edge of space and back in a flight ...

Monday’s flight is the second all-female mission in history; the first woman to travel alone into space was Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on the Soviet Vostok 6 mission in 1963.

On Monday, Katy Perry embarked on a space tourism mission with Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin. The 10-minute round trip was criticized by some as unnecessary and self-indulgent. It's the latest ...

While space tourism is on the rise, human spaceflight remains steeply expensive and mostly limited to state-backed research missions. Space exploration is more than just scientific ambition—it ...