COSMOS's co-founder Alan Finkel, Sir Richard Branson and COSMOS Editor-in-Chief Wilson da Silva at a press conference in Sydney. Alan and Wilson will rocket into space on Virgin Galactic in 2009.

Wilson da Silva, Editor-in-Chief of COSMOS, with Whiteknight, the air-launcher of the SpaceShipOne spaceplane.

Illustration of the passenger space travel service being offered by Virgin Galactic, planning to launch passengers into space from 2009.

SpaceShipOne, on its glide back to Earth. Virgin Galactic will base its spaceplane service on this design.

Alan Finkel, neuroscientist and co-founder of COSMOS, will one of the lucky first 100 to take Virgin Galactic's sub-orbital space service in 2009.

Kylie Ahern, Publisher and co-founder of COSMOS, collected the Magazine of the Year trophy at the 2006 Bell Magazine Awards.

Sara Philips, Editor of G Magazine and former Deputy Editor of COSMOS, is one of the young guns of science journalism and one of the youngest magazine editors in Australia.

Winners at 2005 Bell Magazine Awards: left to right, Sarah Phillips (finalist, Best Single Article), Rodney Lochner (Best Consumer Magazine Cover), Wilson da Silva (Editor of the Year) and Kylie Ahern (Highly Commended, Best Consumer Magazine Launch) celebrating at a local pub afterwards.