Space tourism
hideSpace 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
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Cargo craft docks with space station
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Oct 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the International Space Station.
Circus billionaire hosts show aboard space station
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Oct 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Canadian space tourist and circus billionaire Guy Laliberte mixed star power, science lectures, music and poetry in hosting a show from the International Space Station that was broadcast on television ...
Craft carrying circus tycoon reaches space station
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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(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.
Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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(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.
Circus performer's flight preview steals NASA show
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Jul 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A former stiltwalker and fire-eater stole NASA's show Thursday, saying he'll be "like a kid in a candy store" experimenting with zero-gravity tricks on his upcoming tourist trip to the international ...
Canada's Cirque du Soleil chief heads for the stars
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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.
Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test
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May 31, 2009 |
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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 ...
Russia signs deal to ferry astronauts in 2012
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May 29, 2009 |
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(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.
Happy US-Russian crew deny 'divorce in space'
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Apr 10, 2009 |
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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.
Russia space capsule carrying US billionaire lands
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Apr 08, 2009 |
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(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.
US space tourist's return put off by a day
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Apr 03, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Russian ship with tourist docks with space station: reports
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A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying second-time space tourist Charles Simonyi along with a US and a Russian astronaut docked Saturday at the International Space Station, media reports quoted the control centre near Moscow as ...
The end of the line for space tourism?
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Mar 28, 2009 |
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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.
Final in-orbit shuttle inspection complete
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Mar 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery conducted a final inspection of the vehicle Thursday and at first glance found no significant damage which would prevent it from returning to Earth.
US space tourist blasts off to space station
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(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.
