[FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS (via Soyuz) scheduledfor 2011
agzak at optonline.net
agzak at optonline.net
Fri Jun 20 07:58:52 EDT 2008
Talked to source at RKK Energia: the 5th (commercial) mission in 2011 is possible, money provided. Details on the home page:
http://www.russianspaceweb.com
Anatoly Zak
----- Original Message -----
From: Chez Boris <chezboris at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:50 pm
Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS (via Soyuz) scheduledfor 2011
To: FPSPACE at friends-partners.org
> But the Russian RIA-Novosti and Novosti Kosmonavtiki published the
> newsfirst, not NYT. Well, Novosti Kosmonavtiki published also the
> Roscosmoschief's denial next day.
> See http://rian.ru/technology/20080611/110178980.html and
> http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/news.shtml (Russian only)
>
> It appears no final decision has been made since Mr. Brin made his $5
> million investment in the company that will serve as a deposit on a
> futureflight. Note also that the same NY Times' "Google Co-Founder
> Books a Space
> Flight" report (
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/technology/11soyuz.html?scp=2&sq=Space%20adventures&st=cse)
> tells:
> "
> Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Russian space agency, has said
> repeatedlythat the seats for tourists could disappear in 2010, when
> the size of the
> station crew expands to six from three and requires more of the
> availableseats on the Soyuz.
> "
>
> So either two unknown Kazakhs or Mr. Brin with his downpayment made...
> Meeting in Paris will tell us next month.
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> > From: agzak at optonline.net <agzak at optonline.net>
>
> > Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS
>
> > (via Soyuz) scheduledfor 2011
>
> > To: FPSPACE at friends-partners.org
>
> > Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 11:09 PM
>
> >
>
> > This "excellent news" is so far flatly denied by Roskosmos chief. I
>
> > think those "businessmen," who sell seats on Soyuz need first to
>
> > inform the Russians about the sale, before they run to New York
>
> > Times with
>
> > press-releases, which in turn, uses them to do its "reporting" :)
>
> > Maybe the should try Onion.com first!
>
> >
>
> > Anatoly Zak
>
> > *http://www.russianspaceweb.com* <http://www.russianspaceweb.com/>
>
> >
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
>
> > From: Robert Law <robert_law at yahoo.com>
>
> > Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:45 pm
>
> > Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to ISS
>
> > (via Soyuz)scheduledfor 2011
>
> > To: FPSPACE at friends-partners.org, Chez Boris
> <chezboris at gmail.com>
> >
>
> > > This is almost certainly a Soyuz space craft being built to
>
> > order !
>
> > > plus Soyuz Rocket
>
> > > excellent news for the Russian space company !
>
> > >
>
> > > Robert
>
> > >
>
> > > --- On Thu, 6/12/08, Chez Boris <chezboris at gmail.com&gt;
>
> > wrote:>
>
> > > From: Chez Boris <chezboris at gmail.com&gt;
>
> > > Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] FPSPACE] First private space mission to
>
> > ISS
>
> > > (via Soyuz) scheduledfor 2011
>
> > > To: FPSPACE at friends-partners.org
>
> > > Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 9:50 PM
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > >
>
> > > Google Co-founder Brin Books Space Flight.
>
> > >
>
> > > *http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Search/Google-Cofounder-
> Brin*<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*<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.>*<https://mail.google.com/mail/www.spaceadventures.com.>>;
>
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> > Anatoly Zak
>
> > *http://www.russianspaceweb.com* <http://www.russianspaceweb.com/>
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