Space Tourism


Learn about space tourism in its present form and how space tourism might work in years to come. From planes such as SpaceShipTwo to space elevators and zero-gravity flights, space tourism has many possibilities.

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A new type of space tourism lets you experience weightlessness a bit closer to Earth. Last summer, 250 teachers took the flights as part of a science education initiative.

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