Tom Shelley

Private Spaceflight in 2023 The last couple years have seen huge progress in opportunities for private citizens to fly to space, with three new vehicles flying for the first time. Some have [...]

Mixing Spaceflight And Philanthropy There is no escaping the fact that a flight to space (at least to low-Earth orbit), with prices in the tens of millions of dollars, is for [...]

Commercial Spaceflight in 2021 In early 2019 I wrote what is still one of the most popular blogs on Space Adventures' website - Commercial Spaceflight in 2019. I thought it would be [...]

I think many of us will be glad to see the end of 2020 and will welcome 2021 with open arms.  But before we do, I thought it was worth looking back [...]

A Day in the Life of a Private Astronaut (Part 2) We are often asked what there is to do on the International Space Station (ISS) – while the view is phenomenal [...]

A Day in the Life of a Private Astronaut (Part 1) A small group of lucky (and very successful) people have launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on flights arranged by [...]