Singer Sarah Brightman to realise dreams as the next space tourist After a hiatus in the International Space Station (ISS) tourism programme since 2009, famed British soprano and crossover singer Sarah Brightman (52) announced plans to be the next space tourist. The schedule for her flight “will be determined very shortly by (Russian space agency) … Read more
Love and passion comes through the stomach. With this in mind, a team of scientists with the NASA-funded Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue and Simulation project (HI-SEAS) is working to develop more appetizing and healthy foods for long-term space travel, as space agencies prepare to send astronauts on two-to-three year missions to Mars. In March 2013, … Read more
Branson family to make first trip on space tourism programme 528 people have been into space since Yuri Gagarin’s historic first mission. Richard Branson announced that Virgin Galactic will have 529 future astronauts signed up to join Virgin in space. British tycoon said that he and his family will be the first on board the … Read more
Excalibur Almaz prepares tourist-trips to the moon. Excalibur Almaz, a commercial aerospace company based on the Isle of Man, British Isles, announced that the company prepares tourist-trips to the moon. Excalibur Almaz will offer the affordable and reliable transportation of humans and cargo to Low Earth Orbit, libration point, the Moon and beyond. Tickets to the moon … Read more
Enterprise spaceship dream is feasible, says an engineer with a passion for space exploration and a big Star Trek fan. Enterprise could be a worthy successor to the Apollo space program, hopes the creator of buildtheenterprise project. The new Enterprise ship can be similar in size and will have the same look as the USS … Read more
Boston’s #1 daily newspaper to send a reader into space Metro, Boston’s #1 daily newspaper, became the first newspaper to offer a reader the chance to visit space when it launched its ‘Race for Space’ competition in March. It partnered with sister titles across the world and SXC to offer one of Metro’s millions of … Read more