Space Tourism

U.S. firm advertizes private space walk at $45-55 mln

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:02:39 -0600

Space Adventures, a U.S.-based company that organizes private space flights under an arrangement with Russia's space agency, has published a price list for "space services" on its website.

Space tourism to rocket in this century

harminka — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:06:27 -0600

Outer space will rocket into reality as “the” getaway of this century, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the University of Rome La Sapienza.

Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic Unveil Space Tourism Spaceship

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:40:45 -0600

Virgin Galactic Heralds "The Year Of The Spaceship" with the unveiling of the designs of Spaceship Two and White Knight Two. Virgin Galactic can carry six passengers with two pilots into space, starting later this year.

No plans to join NASA lunar program - Russian space agency

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:27:11 -0500

Russia will not participate in joint lunar exploration with NASA, but will assist the U.S. with its shuttle program until 2015, a spokesman for the Russian space agency said.

Bad Weather Delays Space Tourist's Return Home

Anastvatz — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:06:38 -0500

U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi enjoyed an extra day in space on Tuesday when boggy ground meant the date and location of his return to Earth in a capsule with two others had to be changed, the Reuters news agency reported Monday.