Next Giant Leap for Space Tourism: A Trip Around the Moon | Private Spaceflight & Space Tourism | The Moon and Space Exploration
The Apollo 8 astronauts broadcast never-before views of the Earth and moon on December 24, 1968.
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This story is part of a week-long series on the first decade of space tourism, which began on April 28, 2001. Also today on SPACE.com: How space tourism is changing the face of suborbital science.
Space tourism has already reached low-Earth orbit, and now the industry is shooting for the moon.
After helping to send seven private citizens on eight trips to the International Space Station -- starting with Dennis Tito, who became the world's first space tourist on April 28, 2001 -- the Virginia-based company Space Adventures is mapping out a tourist trip around the moon. [...]
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