Post by glactus on Jul 30, 2011 1:30:18 GMT
Now that the shuttles have retired, world space organizations are gearing up for their future in space to capitalize on commercial applications.
Two Russian aerospace companies are teaming up to build what they say will be the world's first commercial space station, an orbiting outpost open to private citizens, professional astronauts and scientists. For a price. Called the Commercial Space Station, the orbiting space laboratory and hotel will be able to host up to seven people at a time. It is being planned under a partnership between the Russian companies Orbital Technologies and RSC Energia. Once launched and operational, the CSS will provide a unique destination for commercial, state and private spaceflight exploration missions,
Russian space station
Bigelow Aerospace has already put two prototype space station modules in space, called Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. The modules are inflatable craft that launched in 2006 and 2007 and both remain in orbit. The company is aiming to have a full-scale private space station in orbit and ready to receive customers by 2015, according to past reports. If so, Bigelow Aerospace's inflatable space station modules would snag the title of the world's first commercial space station in orbit if it launches before Russia's Commercial Space Station.
Bigelow space station
China has laid out plans for its future in space, unveiling details of an ambitious new space station to be built in orbit within a decade.The project, which one Naas adviser describes as a "potent political symbol", is the latest phase in China's rapidly developing space programme. It is less than a decade since China put a human into orbit for the first time, and three years since its first spacewalk. the facility would be designed to last for around a decade and support three astronauts working on microgravity science, space radiation biology and astronomy. The space station will weigh around 60 tones and consist of a core module with two laboratory units for experiments, according to the state news agency, Xinhua.
Chinese space station
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Special credit; Bigelow Aerospace/ RSC Energia/China state news agency, Xinhua.
Two Russian aerospace companies are teaming up to build what they say will be the world's first commercial space station, an orbiting outpost open to private citizens, professional astronauts and scientists. For a price. Called the Commercial Space Station, the orbiting space laboratory and hotel will be able to host up to seven people at a time. It is being planned under a partnership between the Russian companies Orbital Technologies and RSC Energia. Once launched and operational, the CSS will provide a unique destination for commercial, state and private spaceflight exploration missions,
Russian space station
Bigelow Aerospace has already put two prototype space station modules in space, called Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. The modules are inflatable craft that launched in 2006 and 2007 and both remain in orbit. The company is aiming to have a full-scale private space station in orbit and ready to receive customers by 2015, according to past reports. If so, Bigelow Aerospace's inflatable space station modules would snag the title of the world's first commercial space station in orbit if it launches before Russia's Commercial Space Station.
Bigelow space station
China has laid out plans for its future in space, unveiling details of an ambitious new space station to be built in orbit within a decade.The project, which one Naas adviser describes as a "potent political symbol", is the latest phase in China's rapidly developing space programme. It is less than a decade since China put a human into orbit for the first time, and three years since its first spacewalk. the facility would be designed to last for around a decade and support three astronauts working on microgravity science, space radiation biology and astronomy. The space station will weigh around 60 tones and consist of a core module with two laboratory units for experiments, according to the state news agency, Xinhua.
Chinese space station
Credits: These are non copywrite images
Text by Wikipedia
Special credit; Bigelow Aerospace/ RSC Energia/China state news agency, Xinhua.