Dassault Aviation finalising plans for suborbital spacecraft

The brand new 180-ft tall Falcon 9 rocket is all set for a demonstration launch in the next few months. The US Air Force’s launch schedule for Cape Canaveral shows March 3, 2010 as the scheduled date.

VSS Enterprise, the Virgin Galactic rocketplane which will take tourists to space for $200,000 a trip, was unveiled today. VSS Enterprise is the name of the Virgin Galactic spaceshiptwo-class suborbital class craft that will carry a total of eight people - two pilots and six passengers.

Galactic Suite Space Resort, a company based in Barcelona, Spain, says that it is set to open the first hotel in space in 2012.