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Space Adventures

US
commercialFounded 1998
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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

Space Adventures has stated the mission will take place once the company has identified and contracted with customers.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative PlanJun 25, 2020Space Adventures signs contract for Soyuz flight with spacewalk option

Space Adventures has a separate contract announced last year for a late 2021 Soyuz mission that does not include a spacewalk opportunity.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralJun 25, 2020Space Adventures signs contract for Soyuz flight with spacewalk option

Singer Sarah Brightman was a contracted Space Adventures customer for an International Space Station flight in 2015 but backed out several months before the mission for personal family reasons, and a cosmonaut from Kazakhstan flew in her place.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralJun 25, 2020Space Adventures signs contract for Soyuz flight with spacewalk option

Space Adventures signed a contract with RSC Energia for a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station that will include an opportunity for one customer to perform a spacewalk.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductJun 25, 2020Space Adventures signs contract for Soyuz flight with spacewalk option

Space Adventures previously announced plans to partner with Boeing to market commercial Starliner flights.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralJun 22, 2020Virgin Galactic to work with NASA on private orbital spaceflight experiences

Space Adventures has an agreement for a Crew Dragon mission launching between late 2021 and mid-2022 that will carry four private astronauts into an orbit more than twice as high as the International Space Station and will not go to the station.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductMar 5, 2020Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station

Space Adventures set a goal for the Crew Dragon mission to reach an altitude of more than 1,0 m, approaching the crewed orbital apogee record of 1,374 km set by Gemini 11 in 1966.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralFeb 18, 2020Space Adventures to fly tourists on Crew Dragon mission

The planned Space Adventures Crew Dragon mission is scheduled for as soon as late 2021 and would set a new world altitude record for private citizen spaceflight by flying at least twice as high as the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductFeb 18, 2020Space Adventures to fly tourists on Crew Dragon mission

Space Adventures arranged flights of seven people on eight trips to the International Space Station between 2001 and 2009, including two flights by Charles Simonyi.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductFeb 18, 2020Space Adventures to fly tourists on Crew Dragon mission

Judge T.S. Ellis III denied motions for summary judgment by both Harald McPike and Space Adventures in a 2019-03-14 order.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2019Space Adventures reaches settlement with would-be lunar tourist

Space Adventures reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by Harald McPike and the suit was dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on 2019-04-18.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2019Space Adventures reaches settlement with would-be lunar tourist

Harald McPike paid a $7,000,000 initial deposit to Space Adventures for a $150,000,000 seat on a Soyuz circumlunar mission.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2019Space Adventures reaches settlement with would-be lunar tourist

Harald McPike filed the original suit against Space Adventures in May 2017 seeking the return of a $7,000,000 deposit and additional damages.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2019Space Adventures reaches settlement with would-be lunar tourist

Space Adventures terminated the agreement with Harald McPike in March 2015 after McPike failed to make the $8,000,000 second payment and retained his $7,000,000 deposit.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative FinancialApr 28, 2019Space Adventures reaches settlement with would-be lunar tourist

Harald McPike signed an agreement committing to participate in a Space Adventures circumlunar mission in March 2013 and expected the mission to take place within six years.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2019Space Adventures reaches settlement with would-be lunar tourist
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