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Design for first tourist spaceport announced for Spaceport America
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2007-09-04 20:54:59
The design project for the terminal and hangar facilities at the New Mexico-based Spaceport America was announced on Tuesday, September 4, 2007. The winning proposal came from the design and architectural team of U.K.-based Foster & Partners and U.S.-based URS Corporation.
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Russian tycoon-explorer to visit International Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2007-09-04 08:25:24
Grocery businessman and politician Vladimir Gruzdev will be the first Russian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), as was announced on Monday, September 3, 2007, by Anatoly Perminov, leader of the Russian Federal Space Agency.
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First Russian to become tourist at International Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2007-09-01 09:09:24
The Russian Federal Space Agency announced that a yet-to-be-identified young businessman and politician will most likely become the first Russian space tourist in 2009.
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Welcome to the space hotel Galactic Suite
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2007-08-12 10:54:00
According to its founder the grand opening in 2012 of the world's first space hotel--to be called Galactic Suite--will give wealthy tourists a luxury trip around the world fifteen times each day for three days.
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Explosion at remote Mojave spaceport site kills 3
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2007-07-27 08:26:24
A fatal explosion occurred on Thursday 7/26/2007 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California where a new rocket motor was being tested for space tourism spacecraft SpaceShipTwo, a part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.           
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Tourists wish they had booked Soyuz to space station earlier
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2007-07-19 08:04:47
Prices to reserve a seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for a ride to the International Space Station have climbed from $20M to $25M and now stand at $30 million in U.S. dollars. If you wait another year, the ticket price goes up even higher to $40M.
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