RUSSIA: 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. <\/p>\n
Space Adventures has posted a statement describing its 'Circumlunar' mission on its website. <\/p>\n
\"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. <\/p>\n
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.\" <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Space Adventures estimates that the first mission will kick off by 2018. <\/p>\n
Some of the main attractions on the journey will include an \"illuminated far side of the moon\" and \"Earth rising above the surface of the moon.\" <\/p>\n
The space adventure will begin with the launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. The travelers will then disembark at the International Space Station where they will spend 10 days. <\/p>\n
A second rocket will then launch a Lunar Module, which would consist of a lunar living module and a propulsion module. <\/p>\n
The Soyuz spacecraft will rendezvous with the Lunar Module in low-Earth orbit. The other part of the journey will take six days, according to the company. <\/p>\n
Space travel has been making waves in the entrepreneurial world of space discovery. <\/p>\n
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