Virgin Galactic

Jim Kitchen spent 10 months boxing, lifting weights and running to get ready for the trip of a lifetime.

The campus will be used to train astronauts and civilians ahead of their spaceflight.

Branson felt a failure at school, dropping out at 15. Now the Virgin founder is convinced that his dyslexia was the reason he took risks—despite not knowing the difference between net and gross until he was 15.

The radical spaceplane will use New Mexico’s Spaceport America as part of a global network for takeoff and landing with “high-value” payloads.

More than ever, aircraft companies like Gulfstream and Wheels Up are factoring tech and sustainability into new offerings.

Space Perspective’s new capsule offers 360-degree windows, reclining seats, a restroom, bar and open areas for group photos.

It’ll require $150,000 up front with $25,000 of that being non-refundable.

With a speed of 2600 mph, Space Transportation’s aircraft is designed for suborbital flight, or city-to-city travel anywhere in the world.

The space experience can range from a one-day visit to Star City, where the cosmonauts train, to a three-month program for ISS spacewalks.