Tag: Roscosmos
Russian space tourism company to test-fly returnable capsule with dummy on board
Russia’s CosmoCourse private space tourism company will send from one to six dummies for the first autonomous flight of a returnable capsule and equip it with sensors, CosmoCourse CEO said ... Read More
Russia’s CosmoCourse could launch private space tourism in five years
According to Russian National AeroNet Technology Initiative co-leader, Russia could see the start of private space tourism in around five years. National AeroNet Technology Initiative's Sergei Zhukov was talking about ... Read More
Roscosmos: Russia to resume space tourism after 2013
The head of Roscosmos' manned flights department, Alexei Krasnov, said that Russian Federal Space Agency plans to send Soyuz spacecraft with two space tourists to the International Space station (ISS) Read More
Russia and Space Adventures looking for new space tourist
A vacated space aboard the Soyuz space capsule may allow another space tourist to travel to the International Space Station in September, the Russian Federal Space Agency says. Read More
Russians taking last “space tourist”
Early Thursday morning, the Russian's Soyuz spacecraft will lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying the last private tourist, U.S. Read More
Russia: No more space tourists after 2009
MOSCOW — Russia won't be sending tourists to the international space station after this year because of plans to double the size of the station's crew, the chief of Russia's ... Read More