Space Adventures
Space Adventures is a company that offers space travel to tourists.
The company secures flights to the International Space Station aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft. Plans are currently in the works for the Sinapore Spaceport as well as a trip around the moon.
Fast Facts:
- Founded: 1998
- Headquarters: Vienna, Virginia
- President and CEO: Eric C. Anderson
- Products include Zero-Gravity Flights, Cosmonaut Training, spaceflights and a spacewalk
- Costs range from $15 million and up
- 2001: First space tourist sent to the International Space Station
- Developing the Singapore Spaceport facility
- Advisory board has 10 astronauts including Buzz Aldrin
- Corporate partners have included Pepsi, Hard Rock Cafe, Oracle, Volkswagen and U.S. Airways
- Created the Spaceflight Club for future tourists
- Club membership is $980 annual fee
- Includes exclusive events with astronauts
The Tourists
- May 2001: Dennis Tito (American)
- April 2002: Mark Shuttleworth (South African)
- October 2005: Gregory Olson (American)
- September 2006: Anousheh Ansari (Iranian)
- April 2007: Charles Simonyi (American)
Sergey Brin
In June of 2008, Google co-founder Sergey Brin invested $5 million towards a spaceflight with Space Adventures in 2011.
Company Vision
"Space Adventures' vision is to open spaceflight and the space frontier to private citizens."1
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