Friday, June 26, 2020

Russia’s Energia plans to take First Tourist on Space Walk in 2023


On 25th June 2020, Russian Company- S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (also known as RSC Energia) has announced that it will take the first tourist for a spacewalk in 2023. The announcement came after RSC Energia has signed a deal with Space Adventures (space tourism company in the United States). RSC Energia is a part of the Roscosmos (Russia’s space agency).

  • As per the deal, two tourists will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in the year 2023 under the joint agreement of both the companies. 
  • From the end of RSC Energia, one of the two tourists will be able to do a spacewalk together with a cosmonaut from Roscosmos.
  • Between 2001 to 2009, Space Adventures along with the Russian Space Agency has taken eight tourists to the ISS. 
  • In 2001, Dennis Tito (a businessman from the United States) became the World’s First Private Space Explorer (first paying space tourist in the world). 
  • Since 2009, no other space tourist program has been conducted in the world. 
  • None of the space tourists to date have done a spacewalk.

Background

  • The announcement came a month after SpaceX (the United States-based space transportation services and aerospace manufacturer company) broke the monopoly of the Russian space agency. 
  • Until 30th May 2020, only Russian Space Agency Roscosmos had the technology to successfully able to carry Humans to space. 
  • All Human Space Flight missions until 30th May 2020 were conducted with the help of Russian crew spacecraft Soyuz. 
  • On 30th May 2020, Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX successfully carried two astronauts of NASA to the ISS.
  • SpaceX in February 2020 has also signed an agreement with Space Adventures. 
  • Under the agreement, both the companies have planned to carry a space tourism trip next year. 
  • The number of space tourists for the trip will be 3. 
  • Spacewalk for the tourists under this trip is not a part of the agreement yet.

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