Richard Branson's space tourism firm Virgin Galactic has reopened ticket sales for its SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, the media reported. The price starts at $450,000 per seat, The Verge reported on Thursday. The price more than doubled from the roughly $200,000 price point the company had years ago, before it closed sales in 2014 following a fatal 2014 accident during a test flight. The ticket reopening and new price comes as Branson successfully flew to the edge of space aboard SpaceShipTwo in July.

"Leveraging the surge in consumer interest following the Unity 22 flight, we are excited to announce the reopening of sales effective today, beginning with our Spacefarer community," Virgin Galactic's chief executive Michael Colglazier said in a statement. "As we endeavour to bring the wonder of space to a broad global population, we are delighted to open the door to an entirely new industry and consumer experience," he added.