Orbital Space Flight Training
We've
Got Space - Adventures in Orbital Space Flight
![Orbital Space Flight - Cosmonaut training at Star City, Moscow: zero-gravity flights in the MiG-25, centrifuge training, vestibular training, sample space mission in the hydrolab](graphics/rita.jpg)
Take
your own history-making first step...
One of the greatest
moments in world history featured one small step - that incredible day
in July of 1969 when Neil Armstrong took his first step on the moon.
Now, we're inviting
you to take your own history-making first step, by becoming one of the
first tourists in the world to apply to Russia's Cosmonaut Training
Program.
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What
Does All This Cost?
We Don't Know Exactly.
The total
cost of an Incredible Orbital Space Adventure can range from $15
million to $25 million, depending on the mission profile (Will
you be completing research experiments? Would you like to train
for a space walk?) and final contract negotiations with the Russian
Space Agency. |
There are four training
steps that all aspiring cosmonauts must complete prior to embarking
on a mission into space:
![Orbital Space Flight - the crew](photos/S_staffphoto.jpg) ![Mir simulators](photos/S_mirsimulator.jpg) ![Mission Control](photos/S_missioncontrolsc.jpg) ![Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia](photos/S_astronautcenter.jpg) ![Centrifuge](photos/S_bigcentrifuge.jpg)
Step
One:
Medical Qualification Evaluation
Step
Two: Theoretical Lessons, Lectures and Active Hands-On Simulator
Training
Step
Three: Learning how to work as valuable member of a cosmonaut
team.
Step
Four: Actual training with other members of your assigned mission
team.
What
Can We Promise You?
You will only pay
for the training and services you receive. In the event you do not complete
all training, or are not accepted for a flight to space, any unused
funds will be refunded per contract terms
Take
the First Step!
Get Checked Out!
![Orbital Qualification Program: Russian Space Agency](photos/orbital05.jpg)
Your first
step to becoming "space worthy" is the Medical Qualification
Phase.
The Medical
Qualification Phase is a valuable and unique experience-even if
you never plan to leave the planet.
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What's
involved
You
will undergo the most intense medical examination of your life. Over
the course of ten days, you will be given a variety of detailed medical
tests at Moscow's Institute of Medical and Biological Problems.
The IMBP was established
in 1963 and is the Institute responsible for all aspects of medical
and biological support for humans in space, from selection of cosmonauts
to in flight support and rehabilitation. You will receive all the same
tests given to IMBP's "normal clients" - Russia's top test
pilots and scientists hoping to be accepted into Russia's Space Program.
While being probed
and prodded by doctors and scientists can be interesting, we're not
sure if it qualifies as an Incredible Adventure, so we've created a
16 day/15night adventure that includes all the medical testing plus
many of our most popular cosmonaut training activites.
There's
More
Choose this and
you also receive:
- Hypobaric altitude
chamber testing
- Hands-on training
on Star City's many simulators.
- Orlan space
suit training.
- Centrifuge
training
- Vestibular
training
- Personal zero-gravity
flight
- Instruction
and sample space mission in the hydrolab **
- Flight to the
Edge of Space in a Russian MiG-25
**In the event
medical tests show you are ineligible for hydrolab training, we will
substitute a supersonic flight in a MiG-29 jet fighter.
Some of these training
activities will take place at the Gromov Flight Research Center outside
Moscow, and some will take place at legendary Star City.
A full adventure
package, complete with jet flights, luxury hotel, charter zero-g flight,
VIP service, etc. retails for $179,000. Purchase the medical check alone
for significantly less.
![Zero-Gravity Flight](photos/S_zerogroup.jpg) ![Inside the Hydrolab](photos/S_hydrolab.jpg) ![ISS Siimulator](photos/S_isssimulator.jpg) ![MiG-25 Edge of Space](photos/S_migedge.jpg) ![Cosmonaut Space Suit](photos/S_spacesuit.jpg)
Our
Guarantee:
There is no guarantee
you will qualify for the Official Cosmonaut Training Program. In fact,
the odds are against you. Only a select few will meet the stringent
physical requirements necessary to travel to the International Space
Station and other destinations among the stars. We can, however, guarantee
you a truly memorable experience unlike any other in the world.
E-mail
or call Incredible Adventures today for a full color brochure, schedule
and further details: 800 644-7382
Download
the Orbital Qualification Process Brochure (Acrobat format)
Read the Orbital Qualification
Process Brochure online |