Everything you need to know about going to space

Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson’s space venture, had been charging $250,000 for suborbital flights, where passengers would experience a few minutes of weightlessness before falling back to Earth. But when ticket sales reopen later this year, the company has said the cost would go up. It hasn’t said what the new price would be, but analysts have said they expect it to be $500,000.