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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Space Tourism begins Here



Space tourism is space travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.
Retrieved for your personal pleasure in reading by Pat Darnell

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 was US$ 20–35 million.

Some space tourists haved signed contracts with third parties to conduct certain research while in orbit.

A number of startup companies have sprung up in recent years, hoping to create a space tourism industry.

Russia halted orbital space tourism in 2010 due to the increase in the International Space Station crew size, using the seats for expedition crews that would be sold to paying spaceflight participants. However, tourist flights are tentatively planned to resume in 2013, when the number of single-use three-person Soyuz launches could rise to five a year.

As an alternative to "tourism," some organizations such as the Commercial Spaceflight Federation use the term "personal spaceflight."

Seven of the space tourists flew to and from the International Space Station on Soyuz spacecraft through the space tourism company, Space Adventures:

Space tourist  |   Nationality  |   Year   |  Duration of flight  |   Flight
1. Dennis Tito American 2001 9 days (Apr 28 – May 6) Launch: Soyuz TM-32 Return: Soyuz TM-31

2. Mark Shuttleworth South African 2002 11 days (Apr 25 – May 5) Launch: Soyuz TM-34 Return: Soyuz TM-33

3. Gregory Olsen American 2005 11 days (Oct 1 – Oct 11) Launch: Soyuz TMA-7 Return: Soyuz TMA-6

4. Anousheh Ansari Iranian / American 2006 12 days (Sept 18 – Sept 29) Launch: Soyuz TMA-9 Return: Soyuz TMA-8

5. Charles Simonyi[15] Hungarian / American 2007 15 days (Apr 7 – Apr 21) Launch: Soyuz TMA-10 Return: Soyuz TMA-9
2009 14 days (Mar 26 – Apr 8) Launch: Soyuz TMA-14 Return: Soyuz TMA-13

6. Richard Garriott[16] American / British 2008 12 days (Oct 12 – Oct 23) Launch: Soyuz TMA-13
Return: Soyuz TMA-12

7. Guy Laliberté Canadian 2009 12 days (Sept 30 – Oct 11) Launch: Soyuz TMA-16 Return: Soyuz TMA-14

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