News tagged with space tourist
Russia to reopen space tourism in 2013: company
Russia will reopen its Soyuz space ships to paying tourists in 2013 after a hiatus since 2009, the US-based company that organises the trips with Russia's space agency said Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Russia: no space for space tourists
(AP) -- A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2009 |
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Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test
Virgin Galactic owned by Sir Richard Branson completed a successful test on May 28, 2009 of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor designed by Scaled Composites and a subcontractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. The ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2009 |
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Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'
A Russian and US space crew denied on Friday that new rules forbid them from sharing toilets and food in orbit, hailing their work as the "best partnership" in human history.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2009 |
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The end of the line for space tourism?
A US software mogul who made history this week as the first person to travel to space twice as a tourist could also be the last paying passenger to head into space for several years.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2009 |
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US space tourist blasts off to space station
(AP) -- A Russian capsule carrying U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi sailed into orbit Thursday after blasting off in a roar of fire for the international space station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2009 |
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New heights for Australian beer lovers
The first space tourist flights may be several years away but a group of thirsty Australian scientists are at work on the critical question -- what makes a top zero-gravity beer?
Apr 07, 2011 |
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NASA says: send your face to space
For those who don't have millions to pay to become a space tourist, NASA has rolled out a quirky souvenir that lets you to send your face (your picture and name, that is) blasting into space.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Cargo craft docks with space station
(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Craft carrying circus tycoon reaches space station
(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft docked Friday at the International Space Station to drop off Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte - dubbed the first clown in space - along with an American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station
(AP) -- A Canadian circus tycoon, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off in a spacecraft from the Kazakh steppe Wednesday on a journey to the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Canada's Cirque du Soleil chief heads for the stars
Guy Laliberte, the larger-than-life Canadian entrepreneur behind the Cirque du Soleil phenomenon, announced Thursday he would fulfil a childhood dream by becoming the seventh space tourist.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Russia signs deal to ferry astronauts in 2012
(AP) -- The Russian space agency says it has signed a $306 million deal with NASA to ferry its astronauts to the international space station in 2012.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 29, 2009 |
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Russia space capsule carrying US billionaire lands
(AP) -- A Russian spacecraft carrying a crew of three including U.S. billionaire space tourist Charles Simonyi landed safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, officials said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2009 |
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US space tourist's return put off by a day
(AP) -- A billionaire American space tourist in the middle of his second stay aboard the international space station will return to Earth a day later than originally planned, Russian space officials said ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Space tourism
Space tourism is the recent phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space pioneered by Russia.
As of 2009, orbital space tourism opportunities are limited and expensive, with only the Russian Space Agency providing transport. The price for a flight brokered by Space Adventures to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft is $20–35 million.
Infrastructure for a suborbital space tourism industry is being developed through the construction of spaceports in numerous locations, including California, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, Alaska, Wisconsin, Esrange in Sweden as well as the United Arab Emirates. Some use the term "personal spaceflight" as in the case of the Personal Spaceflight Federation.
A number of startup companies have sprung up in recent years, hoping to create a space tourism industry. For a list of such companies, and the spacecraft they are currently building, see list of space tourism companies.
For more information about Space tourism, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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