October 2015
Russian business: a long road to the stars for private space initiative
... trip to the Mir station. Ultimately, the first private explorer - Dennis Tito - was taken by Space Adventures to the ISS. Space Adventures’ Russian branch was headed up by Sergei Kostenko. He later founded Suborbital Corporation, which took part...
17 December 2020
Chang'e 5 probe returns to Earth with Moon rocks
...space adventure – the Chang'e 5 robotic lunar mission – ended successfully early Thursday morning with its cargo of lunar rocks and dust landing on the grasslands in northern China. The China National Space...unexplored, China's space agency said. While...
08 December 2021
Japanese billionaire heads to the ISS for a 12 day stay
... from the industry, Russia had a history of shepherding self-funded tourists to space. In partnership with US-based company Space Adventures, the Roscosmos space agency has taken eight tourists to the space station since 2001 -- one of them twice.
26 September 2018
A mini space elevator is being tested near the ISS
... the atmosphere of our planet and to experience what it feels like to be an astronaut on the International Space Station. But for non-professional space adventurers, such dreams are generally reserved for the super wealthy who can afford the...
December 2017
Dressing up for space
... energy and vitality. Food Keeper (Alice Laurentin, Isabel Cristina Martinez) This collection took inspiration from space food and packaging in microgravity and confined environments where sustenance is often in a freeze-dried and unattractive forms...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... very, very expensive. Of course, there are other options via the Russian government, including flights with Space Adventures, but they are as expensive and implemented through a government agency. We also have to consider how we define...
