ORBITAL SPACE TRAVEL
RocketBreaks have handpicked a selection of private earth-based spaceflight experiences to suit all budgets and specifications. From tailor made parties where you can meet an Astronaut or sample space food to being a VIP at a rocket launch in Florida, we are able to offer you a ground-based experience that is out of this world.
Here is a selection of our favourite Earth Based Experiences
SPACEFLIGHT TRAINING
Star City is located just outside Moscow, Russia, and is the home of the Russian manned spaceflight program. It is the location where all professional astronauts who fly on the Soyuz-TMA spacecraft train for their missions.
RocketBreaks can arrange for you to sample the same training as the professional and private astronauts. From learning how to fly the Soyuz spacecraft to sampling the training required to complete a spacewalk, we have programs for all interests and all budgets.
All training programs are hosted at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, commonly referred to as “Star City” just outside Moscow, Russia.
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT TRAINING
The Soyuz spacecraft is the longest serving and most reliable spacecraft ever developed, having successfully completed over 100 manned launches. In this training program you will use the Soyuz spacecraft simulator and learn to fly this three-person spacecraft – from launch to touchdown you will be in control!
GROUND BASED SPACEWALK
As with the Neutral Buoyancy Spacewalk training, you will learn the operation of the Orlan space suit, and then put one on, but in this case you will be suspended by ropes as you simulate moving around the outside of the International Space Station.
SOKOL SPACE SUIT TRAINING
The Sokol space suit is used by all astronauts and cosmonauts who travel on the Soyuz spacecraft. This pressurized suit provides protection to the crew members in the event of de-pressurization of the spacecraft. In this training program you will learn how to put on, pressurize and take off the space suit. You’ll not only feel like an astronaut – you’ll look like one too!
NEUTRAL BUOYANCY TRAINING
The best place to re-create what it’s like to move around in space is underwater. You will learn how to operate an Orlan space suit, the same suit used by Russian cosmonauts on spacewalks outside the International Space Station. Then you will enter the “hydrolab” and complete a full simulation of a trip outside the full-scale mock-up of the International Space Station on your very own spacewalk.