Next to "The Spirit of St. Louis."

Mohamed Badawy Al-Husseiny, Richard Branson, and Burt Rutan

4 generations of fighters: F-104, F-15, F-17 and F-22

Debbie L famous space explorer

Flying is hungry business - john d

Unveiling the World’s First Commercial Spaceport at Bust A Change by Jerad Kaliher

While at SFO, waiting for our flight to board, I noticed these fantastic Virgin Galactic craft across the apron from our gate. Now, THAT is the way to travel! Are these going to be the Concorde for the 2010s?

Gov. Bill Richardson arrives for the SA tax rally

Starchaser rocket was a crowd and children pleaser

David and J tasted everything - john d

Peter Diamandis hears that Richard Garriott has landed safely form his week visit to the ISS. The kitchen was packed at the NMSU Presidents home as we all listened live.

Both kinds of music

Notice the windows in the roof.

After climbing for about an hour, slung beneath a (more or less) conventional aircraft, Space Ship 2 is released at around 50,000 feet. After release - with half the atmosphere below it - the rocket motor kicks in and it climbs to around 360,000 feet. That's about 33,000 feet above the Kármán line, where space is generally agreed to begin.

At maximum altitude you get "a few minutes" of floating around weightless and admiring the now-black sky above. Which is where the roof windows come in.

All this for only $200,000 a ticket. Book now!

Spaceport America before construction started