CIRCUMLUNAR MISSION
Only 24 people have ever left Earth orbit and journeyed close to the Moon. The last people to walk on the Moon were Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, who left the Moon’s surface on December 14, 1972 and returned to Earth in their Apollo spacecraft. Since then no one has been closer to the Moon than low-Earth orbit.
CIRCUMLUNAR MISSION
Only 24 people have ever left Earth orbit and journeyed close to the Moon. The last people to walk on the Moon were Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, who left the Moon’s surface on December 14, 1972 and returned to Earth in their Apollo spacecraft. Since then no one has been closer to the Moon than low-Earth orbit.
We will take you to within a few hundred kilometres of the Moon’s surface. You will see the illuminated far side of the Moon, and then witness the amazing sight of the Earth rising above the surface of the Moon.
Mankind can only progress to become a space faring race by taking the small steps necessary to reduce the costs of access to space. This mission will be one of those small, but very significant steps
SPACE STATION
The International Space Station (ISS) is mankind’s only permanently manned outpost. In low-Earth orbit it circles the Earth every 90 minutes.
A visit to the ISS is like no other experience. When you reach Earth orbit you will be traveling at 17,500 miles per hour, over 250 miles above the Earth’s surface and you will be weightless, floating inside your spacecraft.
Space Adventures has arranged all eight of the flights to space completed by private citizens to date. All our clients have flown to the International Space Station on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and have lived and worked alongside professional astronauts for 10 days or more.
Since the dawn of manned spaceflight, over 550 people have travelled to space – we are pleased to be able to offer you the opportunity to be the next.
GETTING TO SPACE – SOYUZ SPACECRAFT
The Russian Soyuz is the latest in a family of spacecraft that has successfully flown nearly 150 times in a row. It can accommodate three people and has carried both private and professional astronauts to the International Space Station. It launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz booster rocket.
Space Adventures is currently offering a flight for two private astronauts on the Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station targeted to launch in 2023. One of the participants can have the option of completing a spacewalk.
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
The International Space Station is permanently crewed by professional astronauts from the space station partner countries. The size of the crew ranges from 4 to up to 12 professional astronauts. It has an internal volume approximately the same size as a Boeing 777 aircraft, so there is plenty of space for privacy when needed.