[FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS (via Soyuz) scheduledfor 2011

[Chez Boris]

Google Co-founder Brin Books Space Flight.

http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Search/Google-Cofounder-Brin-Books-Space-Flight/?kc=BLBLBEMNL061208STR5

The quote:

"
Previously Space Adventures has bought seats on Russian missions to the
International Space Station for its clients but Anderson said it would now
build its own rocket for fully private missions that could start as soon as
2011.
"

So a COTS rocket built by the Space Adventures or a "Soyuz" per the
agreement announced below ?

Alex


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*From:* fpspace-bounces at friends-partners.org [mailto:
fpspace-bounces at friends-partners.org] *On Behalf Of *Peter Pesavento
*Sent:* Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:06 PM
*To:* fpspace at friends-partners.org
*Subject:* [FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS (via Soyuz)
scheduledfor 2011



>From the press release sent to me from Space Adventures





*Space Adventures Announces Agreement for the ***

*First Private Mission to the International Space Station*

*Launch scheduled for 2011*



New York -- June 11, 2008 -- Space Adventures, the only company that
provides human space missions to the world marketplace, announced today that
it has finalized an arrangement with its long-standing partner, the Federal
Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA), to launch the first private
mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is scheduled
to launch in the second half of 2011.



This private spaceflight opportunity will be a fully dedicated mission of
the Soyuz-TMA spacecraft with two seats available for private space
explorers, along with a comprehensive package of mission services including
science, education and media program options. The first private mission to
the ISS is offered to not only individual explorers, but also to businesses,
organizations and institutions.



"For the last decade, Space Adventures' orbital spaceflight program has
provided the only opportunity for private individuals to fly in space,
conduct research in a sustained zero gravity environment and experience the
beauty of seeing the Earth from humanity's only orbiting outpost,," said
Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures. "We have had the
pleasure of fulfilling the dreams of the only five private space explorers
in history, and now, I am pleased to announce that our orbital program is
expanding with more opportunities for spaceflight missions into the next
decade."



Space Adventures became world renowned in 2001 with the launch of client
Dennis Tito, the world's first privately funded spaceflight participant.
Since then, the company has launched four other individuals to space. Space
Adventures' sixth orbital spaceflight client, Richard Garriott, son of NASA
astronaut Owen Garriott, is currently in cosmonaut training with his launch
to the ISS scheduled for October 12, 2008.



Under the new arrangement, Space Adventures will contribute to the increase
of launch capacity to the ISS, demonstrating its long-term commitment to
contract for additional private missions through the lifespan of the space
station.



"We are very pleased to continue working with Space Adventures into the
foreseeable future. This method for growing our commercial partnership with
Space Adventures is beneficial for all parties. The Soyuz to be used for
this mission shall be a specially manufactured craft, separate from the
other Soyuz vehicles designated for the transportation of the ISS crews,"
said Alexey B. Krasnov, FSA. "This private mission, flying two Space
Adventures' clients at once, will not interfere with the implementation of
the ISS program or the obligations of the Russian space agency; on the
contrary, it shall add flexibility and redundancy to our ISS transportation
capabilities."



Spaceflight participants will train as other private space explorers have,
and the launch is scheduled for the second half of 2011.



Space Adventures, the company that organized the flights for the world's
first private space explorers –Dennis Tito, Mark Shuttleworth, Greg Olsen,
Anousheh Ansari and Charles Simonyi – is headquartered in Vienna, Va. with
an office in Moscow. It offers a variety of programs including spaceflight
missions to the International Space Station and around the moon,
Zero-Gravity flights, cosmonaut training, spaceflight qualification programs
and reservations on future suborbital spacecrafts. The company's advisory
board includes Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin; Shuttle astronauts Sam
Durrance, Tom Jones, Byron Lichtenberg, Norm Thagard, Kathy Thornton, Pierre
Thuot and Charles Walker; Skylab/Shuttle astronaut Owen Garriott; and
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev. For more information, please visit
www.spaceadventures.com<outbind://151/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK113/www.spaceadventures.com>
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