Space Tourism News
Floating in a most peculiar way: Russian firm outlines space hotel plans
Orbital Technologies has released further details of its plan to offer guests accommodation at the first space hotel. Situated some 350 kilometres above the earth, the Commercial Space Station will have accommodation for seven guests and will be serviced by the Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft.
1 in 10 think holidays to the moon will be feasible in 2020
A new study by online travel agent sunshine.co.uk has revealed that 1 in 10 Britons think that holidays to the moon will be feasible by the year 2020; with half claiming that they would go on a trip if it was possible.
Plans unveiled for NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre
Design work has begun on a new master plan to transform NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre Visitor Complex into a place where explorers of all ages can tour America’s spaceport to engage with the people and machines that shape the future of our world.
World’s first spaceport opens
Space tourism for the masses has taken another step closer to reality with the opening of the world’s first commercial spaceport in New Mexico, USA.
First space hotel gets lift off
Russian space group Energiya in partnership with America’s Orbital Technologies have won the tender to build the world’s first space hotel, complete with a menu devised by celebrity chefs. The CSS hotel will house up to seven space tourists, and also double up as an emergency refuge for astronauts.
Virgin Galactic campaign for UK spaceport gets heavyweight backing
Virgin Galatic’s attempt to launch its space tourism venture from a UK base has been given heavyweight public and private sector backing.
Moon tourism by 2020 under new Obama measures
Commercial spaceships could be taking travellers to the moon by 2020 under new proposals set by the Obama administration. The “historic decision” to devote $6 billion over the next five years to commercial spaceflight could also create 5,000 jobs.
Twisting tube plan could aid space travel
Spacecraft could be built to surf along gravitational corridors between planets and moons, allowing longer and cheaper journeys around the solar system, scientists have revealed. Scientists in the United States are trying to map the twisting tubes so they could be used to cut the cost of space travel.
Sheikh Mansour buys 32% stake in Virgin Galactic
Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan has bought a 32% stake in Virgin Galactic for $280m (£170m), in a deal that values Sir Richard Branson’s space venture at $900m.