SPACE TOURISM FIRM OFFERS FLIGHT AROUND THE MOON ON SOYUZ CRAFTS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 07:43

The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft (Reuters / Shamil Zhumatov)

US space tourism firm Space Adventures is offering a spaceflight around the moon to private tourists on “proven” Russian Soyuz spacecraft – saying that the sponsors will not have to wait for long for their trip.

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Space Adventures has posted a statement describing its ‘Circumlunar’ mission on its website.

“Using flight-proven Russian space vehicles we will fly two private citizens and one professional cosmonaut on a free return trajectory around the far side of the moon. They will come to within 100km of the moon’s surface,” the statement said.

The exact price of the space trip is not listed. “The price of the spaceflight depends on the vehicle you choose, the timing and the exact mission profile.”

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