items tagged with Space tourism
Welcome to 21st century for world's first commercial spaceport!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-21 08:21:15
In New Mexico, the world’s first facility, which will be used exclusively to send paying customers into space, has broken ground in the remote desert. While the project is expensive, the costs of each space trip are still quite pricey, too!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-21 08:21:15
In New Mexico, the world’s first facility, which will be used exclusively to send paying customers into space, has broken ground in the remote desert. While the project is expensive, the costs of each space trip are still quite pricey, too!
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Virgin Blue goes where Frequent Flyers have not gone before
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-04 12:31:39
Win a round-trip ticket into space onboard one of Virgin Galactic’s private fleet of spacecraft. The contest by Australia’s Virgin Blue, and co-sponsored by U.S.A.’s Mojave Aerospace Ventures, will award twenty-five million frequent flyer miles to one lucky space traveler.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-04 12:31:39
Win a round-trip ticket into space onboard one of Virgin Galactic’s private fleet of spacecraft. The contest by Australia’s Virgin Blue, and co-sponsored by U.S.A.’s Mojave Aerospace Ventures, will award twenty-five million frequent flyer miles to one lucky space traveler.
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Space tourism gets off the ground: WhiteKnight2
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-22 09:14:41
The WhiteKnightTwo airship made its first test flight on Sunday, December 21, 2008, as it flew about 59 minutes above the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, U.S.A.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-22 09:14:41
The WhiteKnightTwo airship made its first test flight on Sunday, December 21, 2008, as it flew about 59 minutes above the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, U.S.A.
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First "spaceport" gets FAA approval in U.S.
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-20 09:44:49
Spaceport America, in New Mexico, has been granted a license for vertical and horizontal launches from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The facility will initially provide suborbital space flights for paying customers and other payloads.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-20 09:44:49
Spaceport America, in New Mexico, has been granted a license for vertical and horizontal launches from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The facility will initially provide suborbital space flights for paying customers and other payloads.
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Lord British takes crowning step onto space station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-14 10:33:40
International space tourist and Texas video game billionaire Richard Garriott has made the International Space Station his kingdom for the next ten days, and for a mere US $30 million.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-14 10:33:40
International space tourist and Texas video game billionaire Richard Garriott has made the International Space Station his kingdom for the next ten days, and for a mere US $30 million.
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World’s first “2nd-gen” astronaut and games pioneer lifts off to ISS!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-12 04:17:29
Richard Garriott, son of Owen Garriot, a US Shuttle and Skylab astronaut, and co-founder of gaming company Origin Systems, is the world’s sixth space tourist, the world’s first second-generation astronaut and the first to truly make the US $30m flight a commercial venture that could eventually pay for itself.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-12 04:17:29
Richard Garriott, son of Owen Garriot, a US Shuttle and Skylab astronaut, and co-founder of gaming company Origin Systems, is the world’s sixth space tourist, the world’s first second-generation astronaut and the first to truly make the US $30m flight a commercial venture that could eventually pay for itself.
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Norton enters the space race. No, really!
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-07 07:34:44
We know that competition in the security software market is intense, and marketing can make all the difference. But usually promotional tools run to the chance to win a free copy of the latest software, or maybe a PC to run it on. Symantec, however, is offering to send someone into space...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-07 07:34:44
We know that competition in the security software market is intense, and marketing can make all the difference. But usually promotional tools run to the chance to win a free copy of the latest software, or maybe a PC to run it on. Symantec, however, is offering to send someone into space...
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Simonyi schedules second space sortie
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-30 20:06:25
Former Microsoft executive Charles Simonyi is planning a second trip into space.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-30 20:06:25
Former Microsoft executive Charles Simonyi is planning a second trip into space.
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FAA official says space tourism risky, Virgin Galactic prez says not so
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-02 10:28:48
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned at the end of July 2008 that civil companies, such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, who are pioneering the first sub-orbital flights as part of the fledgling space tourism industry have extraordinary risks in their endeavors. Virgin Galactic says it will be thousands of times safer than any previous human spaceflights.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-02 10:28:48
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned at the end of July 2008 that civil companies, such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, who are pioneering the first sub-orbital flights as part of the fledgling space tourism industry have extraordinary risks in their endeavors. Virgin Galactic says it will be thousands of times safer than any previous human spaceflights.
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Virgin Galactic shows off mothership “EVE”
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-28 09:47:55
On Monday, July 28, 2008, Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveiled for the first time their new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will transport everyday space travelers inside SpaceShipTwo on suborbital space flights.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-28 09:47:55
On Monday, July 28, 2008, Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveiled for the first time their new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will transport everyday space travelers inside SpaceShipTwo on suborbital space flights.
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U.S. Space Adventures to charter entire Russian Soyuz mission to Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-03 17:54:31
In a momentous advancement for space tourism, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RSA) has joined forces with U.S. space broker company Space Adventures (SA) to send two wealthy space tourists to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in the second-half of 2011.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-03 17:54:31
In a momentous advancement for space tourism, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RSA) has joined forces with U.S. space broker company Space Adventures (SA) to send two wealthy space tourists to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in the second-half of 2011.
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Space, Australia’s final frontier – Andy’s right!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-14 23:19:36
Andy Thomas, Australia’s very first man in space, has implored PM Kevin Rudd to thrust Australia into the space race. Andy says it’s vastly more affordable than before and Australia’s children should get serious about science and technology. Is he right?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-14 23:19:36
Andy Thomas, Australia’s very first man in space, has implored PM Kevin Rudd to thrust Australia into the space race. Andy says it’s vastly more affordable than before and Australia’s children should get serious about science and technology. Is he right?
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South Australia, Victoria possible hosts to Virgin Galactic space venture
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 08:28:01
Virgin founder and entrepreneurial billion Richard Branson is considering the two Australian states of South Australia and Victoria as possible spaceports for his space tourism business.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 08:28:01
Virgin founder and entrepreneurial billion Richard Branson is considering the two Australian states of South Australia and Victoria as possible spaceports for his space tourism business.
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XCOR Lynx prepares to rocket customers into space
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-30 10:24:50
Beginning in 2010, the California-based company expects to transport paying customers into a 38-mile suborbital flight to experience weightlessness and “to see the stars above and the Earth and its atmosphere below.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-30 10:24:50
Beginning in 2010, the California-based company expects to transport paying customers into a 38-mile suborbital flight to experience weightlessness and “to see the stars above and the Earth and its atmosphere below.”
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UK schoolkids get space experiment opportunity
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-04 23:26:31
Primary school students in the UK have the opportunity to design a science experiment to be carried out on the International Space Station.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-04 23:26:31
Primary school students in the UK have the opportunity to design a science experiment to be carried out on the International Space Station.
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2007 Wirefly X PRIZE Cup: "Earth's Great Space Exposition"
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-27 08:33:12
Wirefly.com, along with the X PRIZE Foundation, and the state of New Mexico, is sponsoring the annual event, which is being held on October 26-28, 2007, in order to promote innovation of space technology in the private sector.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-27 08:33:12
Wirefly.com, along with the X PRIZE Foundation, and the state of New Mexico, is sponsoring the annual event, which is being held on October 26-28, 2007, in order to promote innovation of space technology in the private sector.
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China wants to help with Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-17 11:07:32
Chinese vice minister of science and technology Li Xueyong stated that China would like to participate with the International Space Station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-17 11:07:32
Chinese vice minister of science and technology Li Xueyong stated that China would like to participate with the International Space Station.
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Soyuz TMA-11 heading for International Space Station after launch
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-10 10:05:18
Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and Malaysian space flight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor were successfully launched on their Expedition 16 mission to the space station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-10 10:05:18
Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and Malaysian space flight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor were successfully launched on their Expedition 16 mission to the space station.
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Lord British: 6th space tourist, 1st to commercialize space station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-28 14:16:27
Space Adventures announced on September 28, 2007, that U.S. computer game developer Richard Garriott (aka “Lord British”) will become the sixth space tourist to be launched from the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-28 14:16:27
Space Adventures announced on September 28, 2007, that U.S. computer game developer Richard Garriott (aka “Lord British”) will become the sixth space tourist to be launched from the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station.
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