Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
Would-be space tourists may be put off their galactic dreams by new research that shows time spent in space can cause eye damage. Problems with astronauts’ […]
The World Monuments Fund (WMF), an international, non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage sites around the world, updated its list […]
Interest in celestial events such as solar eclipses is driving tourism in some areas, as stargazers and experience-led travellers seek out the best places for viewing […]
When people wonder why their flight is delayed, perhaps the last thing on their mind is Elon Musk. But his exploding space rockets are causing chaos […]
A female space tourist who was bombarded by sexist messages after images of her experience were published online has spoken out about the misogyny she faced. […]
After 8 successful space tourism missions, Blue Origin has announced the guests of its next flight. The NS-28 mission will be the 9th human flight for […]
The human heart suffers age-related damage by going into space, scientists have shown in tests that saw heart tissue sent into space for study. Bioengineered heart […]
The four-person crew of civilians on board Polaris Dawn, SpaceX’s latest mission, have made history. Two of those aboard were able to complete the first commercial spacewalk, one of the most […]
Blue Origin has announced it will be launching its eighth human space flight on 29 August. Jeff Bezos’ reusable New Shepard rocket-capsule will take six crew members into […]
On 6 June, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams flew up to the International Space Station (ISS) on Boeing’s space capsule – the Starliner. They were supposed to […]
The space industry is experiencing an unprecedented boom, driven by the rapid increase in private space flights and advancements in space tourism. According to a recent […]
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since 6 June. They were only supposed to stay on the station […]
The first crewed mission aboard a Boeing made space capsule – the Starliner – has just reached the International Space Station (ISS), preparing for docking, after […]
Blue Origin has successfully completed its 7th space tourism mission, after needing to take almost two years to re-evaluate the safety of launching equipment following a […]