News 2010

30.12.2010: TO FEEL WEIGHTLESSNESS IN USA. We have received the new first dates for next year 2011, when you will have the possibility to feel the zero-gravity during a parabolic flight with the Boeing B-727 400 of NoGravity Corporation. The flights will be held in Cape Canaveral, Miami, Washington D.C., Las Vegas and San Franzisco. Why not to think about your next holidays in US and combine it with a Zero-G flight? Our tourist office is very experienced with US trips in each state and more as 25 years on the market. So, do not hesitate to contact us if you want to feel the best feeling in the world! More ...

24.12.2010: HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
We wish all of our customers, business partners, friends and our families a Happy Christmas. We hope, you will enjoy the holydays and you will have after it some days of recreation. We are still in the office between the years because we have to do a huge work in preparation for the upcoming year 2011! No time to rest, we are very fast. (Because, you can fly with jets, and jets are never slow!). Also, our Christmas and end of the year special is on up to December 31! More ...

12.12.2010: FAREWELL SPACE SHUTTLE: The workhorse of NASA will have only two flights in next year, STS-133 'Discovery' (not earlier as February 3rd, 2011) and STS-134 'Endeavour' (not earlier as April 1st, 2011). This two flights will give you the last chance in history to watch a live Space Shuttle LiftOff. Today, we found the best ever made documentary of the ascent of a the space vehicle, made from a longtime NASA engineer and in this video you will find a lot of answers what you have since decades of time.  Each Space Shuttle LiftOff is documented from 125 cameras, located around the launch pad. If you want to see this with your own eyes do not hesitate to contact us, so that you not miss this awesome voyages in next year. You will find the video down below on our 'Space Shuttle Farewell Tour 2011' sites. More ...

06.12.2010: PARABOLIC FLIGHTS WITH THE ILYUSHIN 76 MDK IN 2011:
18 months passed by, during this time the largest parabola aircraft of the world was not available out of restructuring of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (GCTC) in Star City, nearby Moscow.  At the beginning of December 2010 now the first parabolic flights will have the restart of the program, and in 2011 the Ilyushin 76 MDK is back in service normally.  The parabolic flights in Russia are beloning since late 2002 to one of the highlights of SPACE TRAVELLERS adventures!  The size of the cargo bay is giant! Professional cosmonaut trainers will instruct you as experienced coaches! They will show you, what you can expect if you are under weightlessness conditions. There is no restriction after some trail parabolas and you can fly freely! With the overall program for the parabolic flights in Russia, you will experience a top special event, and also lower in price as than in previous years! Do you dare? More ... 

04.12.2010: SHUTTLE FAREWELL TOUR 2011: After the postponings of STS-133 'Discovery' several times, NASA decided now to postpone the liftoff to February 3, 2011. Out of this postponing, the mission of STS-134 'Endeavour' must move out of February, and is now planned not earlier as April 1, 2011. So, our plannings for the tours to see one of the last Space Shuttle liftoffs is back again at the beginning, but for you this could be the chance, to see the liftoff to space last time, before the Space Shuttle program will be stopped for ever. So, do not hesitate to chose one of the 2 dates for you, family or friends. We have tickets for STS-133, you will not receive any one on the free market (only, maybe on the black market, but then its better because of the high price to go on our tour - you have more from this!). More ...

03.12.2010: SOYUZ LANDING 2011:
Today we were informed by our partners from Russia that the rescue team of the Russian space agency mentioned, that the weather conditions in March were not really great to attend the landing of the Soyuz TMA-01M. It would not be only just the weather, the landing zones could be very different from each other. Out of this, we have decided to cancel the adventure for March for Soyuz TMA-01M. Now, we will attend the landing of Soyuz TMA-20 what is scheduled (at the moment!) for June 16th 2011. In June, the weather is much more pleasant, because it can get quite windy when you're standing in the vastness of the steppes of Kazakhstan and wait for the sonic boom, which occurs high above you in heaven before the Soyuz descent capsule, hanging on their giant parachute, slides down to the ground. More ...

30.11.2010: YEAR AFTER YEAR. In 2010 SPACE TRAVELLERS has become 10 years old. And we want to say thank you to all of our customers, because without our customers, we would not be here. Our customers challenged us, and we delete the word 'impossible' out of our vocabulary. Now, with the stressful pre Christmas season we thought, to make some of our adventures and events available as a christmas gift with special prices, cheaper as ever before. Our Christmas special will be held from 1st of December up to 31st of December 2010. You can give to your loved ones, or to your staff as a memorable experience of their lifetimes. Or, you can make yourself a present! We will guarantee the prices up to December 31st and we hope, to see some of your astonished loved ones, as a backseater in a fighter jet, in weightlessness or with astonoshing eyes in the steppes of Kazakhstan, when they will see a Soyuz rocket what will liftoff to the stars! More ...


24.11.2010: DEPARTURE TO THE SPACE STATION - SOYUZ TMA-21: As you stand in 1.5 kilometer of distance to the Gagarinsky launchpad, you enjoyed the whole preperation auf launching this rocket to space since the last 3 days. Thousands of kilometers and 6 days ago you started the voyage on the footsteps of Yuri Gagarin. In 2011, it is the 50th anniversary, as this man was first who goes to space. And now, you can be there - at the awesome place of the cosmodrome Baikonur in the steppes of Kazakhstan! Then, the rocket engines are fired and the rocket threaten to burn up in a ball of fire! But then, the Soyuz does does its liftoff majestically in the skies over Kazakhstan. You can watch the rocket during its ascent long time after the stage seperation from the first stage, if the so called 'Koroljov Cross' is showing in the sky. 3 days later, at the Mission Control Centre at Koroljov nearby Moscow, you will see the Soyuz again, if it is docked with its crew to the International Space Station. To go on this journey is a special experience which will remain in your memory! More ...

24.11.2010: RETURN FROM SPACE - SOYUZ TMA-01M:
Soyuz TMA-01M was the first Soyuz-Spcecraft what represented a new configuration. 19 design changes were made which resulted in a weight saving of 70kg. The Astro- and Cosmonauts Kaleri, Skripokhka and Kelly flown to space from the cosmodrome Baikonur in Kazakhstan on October 7th 2010 and representing a part of the ISS-Expedition Crew 25. Up to 16th of March 2011 this crew will spend their time in space before they will begin their descent back to Earth. And you can be there! After a 6 hour jeep drive through the steppe of Kazhakstan you will have a meeting with the rescue team of the Russian Space Agency. You will see then after a while the opening of the big parachute of the Soyuz spacecraft 10 kilometers above you, and you will reach the landing point of Soyuz with the first teams. Then, you will see as the recovery forces will take the Astro- and Cosmonauts out of the Soyuz descent capsule after their trip through hell of Earth's atmosphere. SPACE TRAVELLERS was made first this trip possible in April of 2009, and we can assure you: this Soyuz return adventure is one of the best adventures what we have! More ...

24.11.2010: WEIGHTLESSNESS AS THE COSMONAUTS:
We are glad to offer after 18 months again our Zero-G flights with the russian Ilyushin 76 MDK.  During the 18 months, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre was been removed out of the military association and its belonging now to the civilian russian Space Agency. In September 2003 we performed our first own chartered Zero G flight with a very special program. Since then, several hundred customers from all over the world really enjoyed this weightless event. People, who once experienced the feeling of weightlessness and freedom, consumed from this adventure also years later. For the year 2011 we have scheduled now the first Zero-G flights. Our proprietary SPACE TRAVELLERS Zero-G program is now available again at regular intervals! You can only describe the feeling of weightlessness, if you  enjoyed it!  Our SPACE TRAVELLERS Zero-G program is also ideal for corporate incentives, team training and coaching of a special kind! More ...

16.11.2010: RIDE THE MIG-29 'FULCRUM':
If your dream is, to fly as fast as possible, to cruise through the sound barrier, to feel the attractions of the G-forces on your body- we have a special adventure what will let you know all of that: Our flights with the MIG-29 'Fulcrum' in Russia are awesome! Depends on your wish list, the very special pilots will take a ride with you as a backseater in this famous jet through the heavens above Russia. 3 different flight profiles are available, and of course - we could also perform special flights for corporated events or incentives. Sky is totally open for us and the only limit what still exists is - YOU! So, if you dream about such an adventure, do not dream any longer. Take the possibility and feel the powerful MIG-29 Fulcrum with is 17,500lb on thrust! Also, this could be the best christmas present what you ever made in your life. To a loved person around you, or for your self! Do not think any longer about socks and ties! More ...

08.11.2010: TO THE EDGE OF SPACE - SPACE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE:
Since 2002 we are performing 'Edge of Space Flights" with fighter jets. To take our customers high as possible. We flown the MIG-25, the MIG-31 and the Electric Lightning. The only place, where you can do that nowadays is Russia! There, you can fly together with a very experienced test pilot to the 'Edge of Space'. Space is in real at 330,000ft (100km) altitude (at the so called 'Karman Line') US-Airforce decleared the altitude of space with 262,467ft (80km). However, today the only possibility is to fly as high as possible, our MIG-29UB 'Fulcrum'. We are now celebrating the 100th 'Edge of Space Flight'! That means, SPACE TRAVELLERS sent since 2002 100 people to the 'Edge of Space'. We were first on the world, who performed in 2008 with a lady a 'Edge of Space Flight' with the MIG-29. So, we are celebrating this with a special flight rate! If you want to know the conditions and the rates, do not hesitate to contact us. Our Mission Director, by himself a very experiences space- & jetflight trainee will explain you all the things and will give you all the answers what you need, to do this by yourself. We can guarantee you: This flight you will never forget in your lifetime! Your adventure will start here! More ...

25.10.2010: SPACE TRAVELLERS EXPEDITION SOYUZ TMA-20: The lift off date of Soyuz TMA-20 now changed to December 15th, 2010. Bookings for this tour are now open up to November 25th 2010. Our course changed also because of the new schedule. If you dreamt about to see a Soyuz lift off from the nearest point, what is possible then do not hesitate to contact us right today. Follow us on the roots of Yuri A. Gagarin and Sergei Koroljov from Star City nearby Moscow to the steppe of Kazakhstan! New: Now our tour includes the live docking at the Mission Control Centre in the city of Koroljov and some other points of interest, as the Energia Space Museum at Moscow! More ...

18.10.2010: SOYUZ RETURN FROM SPACE.
Its an special and unique adventure, to be in the nomans land of Kazakhstan. Then, suddenly, you hear a big boom in the sky above you. You are looking into the blue sky, and there - it is. A Soyuz is coming back to Earth. Gliding on its big parachute downwards to Earth! You will rush into the jeep, with it you came from Karagandy/Kazahkstan in the last 12 hours to this point. To see the Soyuz landing. Your driver will speed up and drives like in a ralley though the steppe. To the landing point of the Soyuz, where it is making touch down. Helicopters of the search and rescue team is around you, and you are following the big amphibic cars of the rescue team. Then, you stand 2 meters beside, when the cosmonauts, who stayed 180 days in space onboard the International Space Station ISS, will be evacuated from the burned up Soyuz descent capsule! SPACE TRAVELLERS done it first in April 2009 after 5 years of negotiatations and considerations with its famous Russian partners. And now, you could be the next - who will be a witness of the last stage of a human spaceflight with Soyuz! More ...

05.10.2010: SPACE TRAVELLERS SPACE SHUTTLE FAREWELL TOUR 2011. The last launch of a space shuttle is now scheduled for 27/02/2011. The STS-134 Endeavour mission, could be the last Space Shuttle mission forever. However, there is a currently thinking, to add an Space Shuttle mission STS-135 what will have its liftoff in June 2011. This is carried out, if it isn't carried out the support Mission STS-335, which is at the same time on the launchpad as STS-134 in February 2011. Since the Columbia disaster in 2003, NASA chose a "rescue mission" what is on the pad at the same time, if another mission is running into troubles in space. The U.S. Congress has approved a budget for this mission on 30.09.2009. Should it come to the Mission STS-135, Space Shuttle Atlantis will be on 28 June 2011 on the pad to have a liftoff to a 11-day mission, with the minimum crew of 4 astronauts on board, the smallest crew ever on board a Shuttle since 1983 (STS-6). We keep you informed of these potential date, simply add your name to our newsletter. SPACE TRAVELLERS has created a special and exceptional tour, moving around the last Shuttle launchs! Follow us in U.S. space history and the future of space! More ...

01.10.2010: NO MORE THRILLING JET-SORTIES FROM THUNDER CITY.
Thunder City, which has the world's largest civilian-owned fleet of ex-combat jets including three English Electric Lightnings, three BAe Buccaneers, seven Hawker Hunters and a retrofitted Puma helicopter, is to cease flying operations with immediate effect. Making the announcement founder and CEO of Thunder City, Mike Beachy Head says, "After a decade of indelible memories and enormous thrills in flying international and local visitors in our distinctive jets, we have decided to cease the flying activities at the base."Established under the name Thunder City in 2000, the brand has gone on to become one of the most globally recognised as a home-grown South African one. Seen by millions of TV viewers in countries across the planet, the iconic Thunder City jets have inspired many to travel to Cape Town to experience the thrill and adrenaline-rush of flying in a supersonic ex-military jet. We have had a lot of worldwide media exposure, especially in Europe and the USA. TV networks from all over the world have filmed documentaries on the Thunder City operation. These include household names such as Sky TV, CNN and the Discovery Channel, as well as Turkish, Austrian, Chinese, Dutch, French, Spanish and several German TV channels and also our own Top Billing and MNet's Carte Blanche."

SPACE TRAVELLERS says thanks for all. Thanks for the experience, what you gave to our customers in the last 10 years. Thanks for the thrilling pictures, what will ever been burned in our minds. We will miss you!

01.10.2010: SPACE TRAVELLERS ZERO G FLIGHT CAMPAIGN DECEMBER 2010. After the long time of waiting up to the official desicions of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center regarding changing of the flight plans, after the fires in Russia we have good news for you: The Zero-G Flights in Russia will be restarted now and SPACE TRAVELLERS is one of the first (as always): Take your chance to be weightlessness and be instructed from the original Cosmonaut Instructors of the GCTC. Go with us on the 4 day adventure, what you will never forget in your lifetime. The SPACE TRAVELLERS ZERO G FLIGHT is planned from December 15th up to December 18th. One week before Christmas. What else you need? Okay - maybe its a early christmas present, but it belongs to one of the best adventures in the world! Book now your best experience! More ...

14.09.2010: SPACE TRAVELLERS EXPEDITION TOUR SOYUZ TMA-20.  Beside US based Space Adventures, SPACE TRAVELLERS was in 2005 the first European company, who opened for space enthusiasts the door to the russian cosmodrome Baikonur. The journey that you see on our site, comes from our development, together with our Russian partners. The trip is so good, that it has now been copied dozens of times. That makes us proud. Although there are some who say "That would be all so simple," we can assure you: A trip to the Baikonur Cosmodrome is never easy. In addition, customers expect a professional accompaniment, you will only get from us. Follow us in December 2010 to icy Russia and Kazakhstan and experience the launch of the Soyuz TMA-20 mission in the crystal clear blue sky. We can assure you that this expedition is one of the highlights that you will never forget! More ...

13.09.2010: To the Edge of Space:
Winter time is coming in fast steps. The bad thing is, it will be getting colder. The good thing is, you can go higher! With our MIG-29, the still only possiblity as for the moment to fly as high as possible, you can reach the climax of your dreams! In winter times the atmosphere layers are more stable as in summer times, and thats the reason why you can go higher as in other seasons of the year. Strap in the co-pilot seat. Fly high! More ...

05.07.2010: NEW LAUNCH DATES SPACE SHUTTLE FAREWELL TOUR! Both Space Shuttle lift offs, STS-133 and STS-134 are postponed now to the launch on November 1st, 2010 and February 26th, 2011. This means, that our voyage is shifted to the dates around the shuttle liftoffs. So, if you want to see a Shuttle LiftOff and also will have a very special experience, it is up to you. You have now time up to the 30th of August for the schedule for STS-133 and up to 15th of November to join us on our tour in February 2011. More ...

11.06.2010: 61 KILOMETER OFF EARTH! From the renowned American manufacturer XCOR, the two seater Lynx represents new, especially safe techniques employed for the departure into space: Like a standard aircarft, it takes off and lands horizontally, and during the flight its rocket fuel propulsion can be activated and deactivated as required. The cockpit offers a comfortable space, and is specially designed to provide to the participant optimum panoramic views. Belong to the first! To the 'Lynx' Experience ...

27.05.2010: TAKE A RIDE WITH THE "PHABULOUS PHANTOM" SPACE TRAVELLERS is (again) the first: we make for you a backseater flight possible in the legendary Phantom F-4G! When you think about it for a long time, to fly in a fighter jet, you can now opt for the "Phabolous Phantom"! Now it's up to you: If you are fast, then you are perhaps the first European to fly with this legend! One thing we can promise you: This ride on the Phantom will never forget! Click here for the Program ...  
 
25.05.2010: SPACE SHUTTLE FAREWELL TOUR 2010! In 2010, are now (date of May 2010) up only two Space Shuttle launches. You can be there when STS-133 in September or STS-134 in November will rise majestically into space in order to complete the last flights. SPACE TRAVELLERS has compiled a unique journey what brings you closer to the past, the present and the future of U.S. and international spaceflight and the human exploration of space. So, if you ever want to have a experieence of a space shuttle launch live, then you have not many opportunities to do so! Contact us today, for the last places these tours are popular! More ...

20.05.2010: WILD WEASEL. For 10 years we fly jets. For 10 years we inspire people who are looking for extreme experiences. We flew MIG-21, MIG-25, MIG-31. We fly Jet Provost, L-39 "Albatross", BAE Electric Lightning MIG-29 and F-104 at various locations around the world. Time for something new! More ...

08.05.2010: GO TO THE EDGE OF SPACE! As a unique adventure til the date when the first sub-orbital spaceships will take you on private wings up to an altitude more as 100km (320K feet), we offer since years for now jet flights into the stratosphere! The only way currently to get high as possible is the Russian MIG-29UB, which allows you to reach absolutely high altitudes. The flights will be held from the russian airbase of SOKOL in Niszhny Novgorod. Altitudes between 21 to 24 kilometers are possible. One thing is very unique: You and your very experienced pilot (all of our pilots are special test-pilots with thousands of hours flight experience on different kind on fighter jets) will be at this day of your flight the highest flying people of the world! Only higher is the International Space Station ISS with its crew onboard! A unique experience what will deep burned in your mind! Take your MIG-29 Edge of Space Flight ...

25.04.2010: Airborne: Barbara Burtscher (25) from Switzerland, an astrophysicist, is starting with SPACE TRAVELLERS her first steps into space. She will perform on 25. April in Memphis, United States, her first training for to reach the stars. She will jump out of a plane at 30,000ft in a tandem with a special experienced jump master and will feel 2 minutes of free falling down to Earth! A HALO-Jump is nothing for people who have fear of flying! To Barbara's HALO-Jump

31.03.2010: "Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!" (Yuri A. Gagarin). This words said by the first human adventurer in space, Yuri A. Gagarin - a russian Test Pilot, unearth a new evidence: Humans can fly into space and can land safely on Earth! This spaceflight took place nearby 50 years ago, as Yuri A. Gagarin made his lift off onboard his spaceship "Vostok 1" from the Baikonur cosmodrome. Since 2001 the "Yuri's night" will celebrate the brave russian cosmonaut on April 12th to honor his markable step of mankind into space with parties around the world, from Hawaii to New Zealand. Also in this year, around April 12th this party will take place. Watch out and you will find a place where you can join the party and the celebration of Yuri's flight! To Yuri's Night International ...

12.02.2010: New dates for our parabolic flights in USA. You would feel like the astronauts, free floating in weightlessness? Then you have the chance to feel this with SPACE TRAVELLERS. We want to suggest for the flights the possibilities at Cape Canaveral. There you will have the take off to your weightlessness experience from the world famous Shuttle Runway Facility! Because, nearby you will find history of over 50 years of spaceflight at the Kennedy Space Center! Take a ride ...

03.01.2010:
SPACE TRAVELLERS wish all customers, friends and interesting parties a Happy New Year 2010! This decade promises to be very exiting, it will be the decade of the suborbital space tourism!. SPACE TRAVELLERS is ready to commit. Fly with the Rocketplane or the Lynx to the highest possible altitude to see our homeplanet Earth with other eyes! And we can promise: A new and unique program will be soon received ONLY by SPACE TRAVELLERS. So, stay tuned about the next few weeks!


News 2009


30.12.2009: NEW! SUBORBITAL SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING STARFIGHTER! Finally it's done: After months of preparation and program development SPACE TRAVELLERS can offer to you now a program that are heralding the era of the sub-orbital space flights: Are you ready to test whether you can transgress into suborbital altitudes and know all about all the things for you are coming? SPACE TRAVELERS has now for Europe exclusively the "Suborbital Space Training Starfighter F-104G. 3 days long, you will be at the Kennedy Space Center Flight line in Florida/USA, and with the help of the most experienced Starfighter flight instructors, you will be brought trough a special training program. And it will end in a unique flight with the 'F-104G Starfighter', the 'Astronaut Maker'!. The program is developed under special guidelines with NASA and will take you to a suborbital preparation training, what will familiarize you with the phases of flight and flight maneuvers, which you will have during a flight with the suborbital RLV's in coming years. Try it out now even if you have the 'Right Stuff' to be able to fly one day, actually to the stars! Ready? Then take a look at our program and do not hesitate for a second! To Suborbital Space Flight Training 'Starfighter F-104G' ...

27.12.2009: Visit our new YouTube Video Log on our webside. Here, we are presenting our best adventures what we made in the last nearby 10 years of our space- and flight tourism experience. Enjoy the adventures. Watch the videos ...

24.12.2009: Our team wishes all the best for Christmas and a quite and nice time between the years. We will be reachable between the years and also we will show to you at the end of the year a very unique program, what you can book exclusively in Europe at our side!

22.12.2009: Visit the Cosmodrome Baikonur! When a group of international Astronauts and Cosmonauts will leave this planet to fly to space, this is one of the greatest adventures of mankind! You can take part on this adventures on our 7 or 10 days long journey, what will start in Star City nearby Moscow with following the footsteps of Juri A. Gagarin. Then, you will fly to the Cosmodrome Baikonur and you will follow 4 days there the preperations for the liftoff to the Stars! You will be directly in touch with the liftoff preperations as the international press conferences with the crew, the rollout and the erection of the Soyuz rocket on the launch pad, and finally the liftoff itself! The journey what SPACE TRAVELLERS offers now since years is one of the best experience, what you can have if you are space and earth interested. This voyage will touch your soul! Your Soyuz TMA-19 experience will start here!

24.11.2009: A new adventure, a new thrill: SPACE TRAVELLERS is proud to announce a unique program: a spaceflight pre-qualification training for suborbital space-rides. SPACE TRAVELLERS is the only company in Europe who will offer this fantastic program to people, who are thinking to have a ride to space in the future. The 4-day program will be conducted at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida/USA and will be held under guidelines and rules of the American FAA and NASA. You will have a insight look to special procedures and after the program you will be qualified to take a ride to space. The highlight of the training is a ride with the Lockheed F-104 'Starfighter'! The program will be online in the next days. But, if you can't wait on it you can send a request to starfighters[at]space-travellers.com, and we will give you a first insight to the program!

10.11.2009: Short before our 10th anniversary of our adventures, we worked hard with our partners around the globe to find new prices for our jetflight adventures! We can say, we have had success! Before this day a Edge of Space Flight with the MIG-29 costs 23.000 Euro. Now 17.200 Euro (included the complete program)! If you do not want to go so fast and so high, also good news: The both flight opportunities in USA and Germany with our favourite L-39 Albatross programs are having now both cost of 3.150 Euro. Some other programs will also be new calculated, and we will see, if we can achieve our goals!

22.10.2009: The blackness of space is familiar to the most only from the earthly realms, if one is outside and looks toward the sky. Depending on the weather you can see, however, especially in winter, a sparkeling stars and planets and the deep darkness in sky at night. If you want risk a glance, beside all weather conditions, Space Travellers gives you the opportunity to travel into space.  The Rocketplane XP will take you to an altitude of 330,000 feet. The official boundary of the earth to space is at 300,000 feet, so you will exceed one of the first commercial adventure the boundary to space. Then, seeing not only the blackness of space, you look back on our blue planet Earth, which appears under you in its stunning beauty. To the Rocketplane XP Suborbital Program ...


12.10.2009: Janne from Norway has dreamed about to fly a jet. We made this possible for her, and after the event she can't find words. Her husband Meindert wrote us a report from a somewhat different perspective. Read the eyewitness report!


25.09.2009: The Lift Off of the Soyuz TMA-17 mission was forseen for November 2009. Now, there is a new schedule and the Russian Space Agency postponed the Lift Off to December 23rd. That means: Christmas in Baikonur and the time after in Moscow. If you want to have a Christmas special, so do not hesitate to contact us. You will have a journey of your life with a special touch to human spaceflight! The Soyuz TMA-17 special experience ...

19.07.2009: On July 20th 1969, the American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong set his first footprint at 10:56 and 15 seconds (pm, Eastern Standard Time) after the succesful landing of the lunar module "Eagle" on the powder like surface of the Moon, and said the famous words: "Its a small step for a man, but a giant leap for mankind!". So, with this step, John F. Kennedy's announcement to land a man on the moon within this decade, was coming to reality. The second man on the moon, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin" followed at 11:16 pm (EST). The first lunar excursion lasted 2.5 hours, and after the successful mission the splashdown in the Pacific Ocean occured on July 24, 12:50pm (EST). Also now, the second announcement of John F. Kennedy, to bring the men after the landing safely back to Earth, was accomplished. Space Travellers honors now Apollo 11 with a special about this milestone. You can see the best pictures and mission descriptions of the flight path and a special Anniversary Video. Space Travellers also offers special adventures in United States. 40 years after the milestone in the history of the Apollo 11 mission you can have special experiences to feel like the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission. The Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Special ...

19.06.2009: The last weeks we worked hard and tirelessly. We were in the truest sense of the word overtaken by ourselves: MIG-Jetflights in Russia, Dogfight events in the U.S., journalists mission for Calcium Sandoz for science and research. Many new impressions we could leave to our customers memory. You will see a lot of new pictures in our gallery, and there will be coming more in the next weeks and months. Go to gallery ...

01.05.2009: It has been long known that the MIG-31 "Foxhound", with wich we provide normally since 2006 our "Edge of Space" flights, is currently not available at Sokol in Niszhny Novgorod/Russia It is planned that the MIG-31 at Sokol will return in this year, but at the moment we can't say nothing about a time schedule. But we can say that we have performed in the past few months with the MIG-29 "Edge of Space Flights" up to an altitude of 72.400ft (22km). The advantages of the MIG-29 compared to the MIG-31: You sit in a large cockpit, have a better view on all sides, and - the MIG-29 program is much cheaper than the MIG-31. Please contact us for the details, we would be happy to speak with you about this unique flying experience! To your MIG-29 program ...

18.04.2009:
The German newspaper "Die Welt" brought today on the first side of its publishing a header-story about our tour to the Landing site of the Soyuz-TMA13 spacecraft on April 8th, 2009. Here you can read the article online from the journalist Dennis Buchmann, who attended this voyage for our customer Sandoz. The article is named "Eine Landung mit der Soyuz ist nichts für Weicheier" (A landing with the Soyuz is nothing for softies - only in German language).

17.04.2009: The first article about our trip to the landing side of Soyuz TMA-13 was published today in the German newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung". The article "Der Tag, an dem die Kugel aus dem fiel" (The day, as the sphere was falling from space) you can find here! (only in German language).
 
11.04.2009: We are one of the main sponsors for the "Yuris night" at Stuttgart, Germany - for 3 years for now. This year the day was a little bit earlier out of Easter. Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space, as he lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome on April 12th, 1961. Since some years, at the "Yuris night", a lot of people celebrating this nigth of the flight of Yuri. Space Travellers gave a special price for the party in Stuttgart: a winner will be attain in next year our special "Space Shuttle farewell tour" in May 2010, when the Space Shuttle will have its last flight to the stars. More informations about this voyage are coming soon.

08.04.2009: Worldpremiere: Kazakhstan, near Jezgesgam. Inside the steppe. 13:16 hour. Mission accomplished! The Soyuz TMA-13 landed with the space travelers Yuri Lonchakov, Mike Fincke and Charles Simonyi. And we are standing by as the Soyuz capsule appeared in an altitude of 35.000 feet above our head with two sonic booms. As the main parachute deployed, a hunt began: we rushed with offroad cars behind the Soyuz capsule to meet her at the landing point. If humans are starting to space, its marvellous. If they are coming back - its astonishing! We developed for our customer Sandoz a very special journalist tour in the heart of the Russian space history and opened the journalists the doors wide open at Russia and Kasachztan. In the next days you will find more here.

03.04.2009:A group of 10 journalist will be guided to Moscow/Star City and to Kazakhztan from April 3 up to April 10. We have organized this tour to watch the landing of the Soyuz TMA-13 mission on April 8th in the steppe of Kazakhztan. Our complete team will be absent out of this reason up to April 10. Please have the understanding that in this time e-mails and calls can't be answered. On April 14 we are back in service. Thanks a lot for your attention.

27.03.2009: Our Zero-G flights in the U.S. on board the Boeing B272 have availible new dates. There are several cities, where the Boeing will perform its Zero-G flights. Take attention: the price for a participation of such a flight is given by the operator (participation in the Zero-G flight with a special program). The price is (as of the exchange rate of Euro = USD for today) 3.820,00 Euro (incl. 5% tax). There are some sellers on the internet, who are selling you the participation absolutely overpriced. We suggested, that you request the current price on daily details. More ...

22.03.2009: We are working on, to present you inside of this year a new jet-flight opportunity: a flight with the successor-model of the MIG-29, the MIG-35! The flight will be a breathtaking adventure, because not only out of the kind of this unique jet, also out of the place, where it will be! We do not give you at the moment any more details, because we would like to increase the tenision! But - you can be sure: as in the past - we are don't build up dream bubbles, we are talking about realities!

28.02.2009: The Lynx arrived! From the renowned American manufacturers XCOR, the two seater Lynx represents new, especially safe techniques employed for the departure into space: Like a standard aircarft, it takes off and lands horizontally, and during the flight its rocket fuel propulsion can be activated and deactivated as required. The cockpit offers a comfortable space, and is specially designed to provide to the passenger optimum panoramic views. You will reach an altitude of 200.000 ft (61km) and you will have the adventure of your life! More ...
19.02.2009: Come with us in June 2009 to a legendary peak, over which you will have the chance to parachute. An aircraft will fly you directly over the summit of Mount McKinley. You will be one of the first jumpers in the world to conquer from the air, the heighest mountain in North America. The jump will be executed from a height of between 7,200-7,400m (23,622 - 24,278ft), wearing an oxygen mask and employing the same apparatus as your NATO trained specialist. Nowhere in the world will you find such a highly qualified skydiving team to accompany you on your challenging adventure! The instructors are the only ones certified from the FAA who are allowed to carry out high altitude parachute jumps, sometimes even from heights of over 10,000m (32,808ft)! More ...

20.01.2009: We are looking forward to present you in the next days an experience of a special kind: as the first Space Tourism Agency in Europe, Space Travellers will offer you lifetime adventure! The term "Edge of Space" will assigned by a different meaning! You can fly with the beginning of mid 2011 on a unique way with the rocket-powered "Lynx" to an altitude of 200,000 feet (~ 61 km)!. Enjoy, directly beside one of the most experienced NASA space shuttle commanders on the co-pilots seat a flight to the frontiers of space! From New Mexico your flight will begin. The "Lynx" is a revolutionary vehicle which uses non-toxic rocket fuel, kerosene and liquid oxygen. The "Lynx" offers a unique approach to security of the plane and the crew, and protect them on such a special way. The program includes a 5-day preflight qualification test incl. stay in the "Canyon State" Arizona/USA in a 5 star country resort, you will feel medical care from flight surgeons and specialists of the world famous Mayo-Clinic, and a cancellation insurance, what will protect your investment for the flight to the stars for 7 years! A little bit patience more, and you will be astonished and amazed!

05.01.2009: The new  year 2009 arrived! As a special for the beginning of the new year, Space Travellers present here three extraordinary adventures. With this adventures, you can experience the full speed of a jet in the heaven, in an altitude of 2 meters above the surface of the Mojawe desert, or you can lose earth's gravity. This can be the topic of your new year! More ...


News 2008

17.12.2008: The year 2008 is near its end. We have uploaded in our gallery the best pictures of the events and adventures of this year. The pictures are speaking their own language and were made at the incrediblest and interesting places. Its worth to have a look! Also, we wish you a nice christmas and a good liftoff into the year 2009! Start here!

11.12.2008: Do you have a lifetime dream to fly a MIG-29 or a MIG-31? For a short time, we offer the MIG-31 "Foxhound" and the MIG-29 "Fulcrum" including the program at Niszhny Novgorod for a special price. Your dream, even to fly with these unique Russian aircrafts to the highest altitudes or to experience what does 7 G mean, you will be faster there if you think! Visit the programs of the MIG-31 "Foxhound" and the MIG-29 "Fulcrum". Sure, you can add to this tours also some special programs, such as Moscow and the surrounding area, or a visit to the famous museum in Monino. Go fast and high!

01.12.2008: Christmas is just around the door. If you belong to those who already felt in the summer of gifts to buy, then you might now seem a bit annoying, because we have three programs selected for Christmas, and give good discounts on the normal prices. At Bitburg airfield, a former US-Airforce base, there you will find our Jet Pilot Training with to be a pilot with the L-39ZO "Albatross", price is now 300 euros cheaper. In the U.S. you fly like Tom Cruise in Top Gun above the Mojawe desert and get the absolute flight of your life smooth for 500 euros cheaper! In Russia you are on board our Ilyushin 76 MDK, the cosmonaut training aircraft of the cosmonauts and you save 750,00 euros equal to the normal of the same weightless, and the price will also be easier: You save 750 euros equal to the normal price. You will receive, if you order before December 20th, a personalized gift certificate (also with personal words of yours) will be send directly to you or to the reciepient. We ship worldwide. Do we touch your senses?

02.11.2008: Follow us on the roots of Yuri Gagarin to Baykonur, Kazakhstan, the world's largest cosmodrome! In 2009, there will be 4 flights a year, manned, to the International Space Station ISS. So we will have more opportunities, to take you to Baykonur to show you in this very unique and own developed voyage all launch preperations, before the crews will have their liftoff to the stars! And not only that: before you see the world famous Star City, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. The trip to Kazakhstan takes 4 hours and is quite an experience in itself! If you wish, you can participate even at the docking of Soyuz 2 days after the liftoff at the Koroljov Mission Control Centre (MCC) at Koroljov City nearby Moscow. The trip will be unforgettable! More ...

04.10.2008: We have reduced the price of our "L-39C Albatross TopGun over the Mojave desert"! Now, the flights will be out from Van Nuys Airport. But the flight path, the Mojawe destert will be the same as before. You will fly with 840 km/h and in 2 meters altitude through canyThey thunder with up to 840 km / h at 2 meters in altitude through canyons and experience pure air acrobatics. If you are looking for the thrill, then it is right here! More ...

24.09.2008: Today begins a new journey into the realm of weightlessness. An international group of Germans, Swiss, Americans and Russians are aboard the Ilyushin 76 MDK, the cosmonaut training aircraft. From today until Saturday, they will see the world with us through special eyes. During the 4-day trip they will experience the adventure of space mostly intensive as ever before. Pictures will soon appear in our gallery and customer resposes of this experience will come soon. If you also next year want to be there you will find the program here!

10.09.2008: To new destinations - says the Postbank of Germany. From 17.09.08 up to 24.09.2008, at 5 different locations (Dresden/Leipzig/Bremen/Frankfurt) they will hold their executives meeting, and the sourroundig field is: Space!. Space Travellers supported the event agency ConceptX in the preparation of space with a basic theme. Exhibition booths, specialists from ESA, Astronaut guest speakers (Ulrich Walter/ESA - Franz Viehböck/Austria) will help the executives to show the new way of the Postbank in their new future maintenance. The Project manager for ESA missions as the "Cassini Huygens" mission or "Mars lander" mission as well as specialists in the field of religious studies will participate. In addition, we bring the issue closer to space through exhibits, which the various eras of space describe as well as spot available expertise when it comes to the issue of space medicine or food goes to space.

15.08.2008: The MIG-29 "Fulcrum" is one of the best fighters in the world. Many pilots describe the Russian jet as "the best of aviation" Some describe the MIG-29 better than the brand new Eurofighter, what is inside the last few months serviced at various airforces in Europe! With Space Travellers you go even higher! Fly with a MIG-29 "To The Edge of Space." With a full and massive push the MIG-29 reches now altitudes from 22 up to 24 kilometers! And you'll enjoy a flawless look around thanks to the good and spacious cockpit designs! More ...

20.07.2008: Weightless, see the world with different eyes. Our ZeroG-Flights in Russia have been an integral part of the program and enjoy international popularity. For our flight in October 2008, only a few seats available. If you want to be, then act now - the October flight will be the last single flight in the year 2008! More ...

13.06.2008: At the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin, Michael Schultz gave a lecture on "Space tourism - space for pedestrians" and constitutes a young audience interested in the current situation in the new "Space Race" and its impact on the future dar. The lecture was developed in collaboration with the University of Stuttgart - Institute for Space Systems.

08.05.2008: Jet pilot for a day! Our program "Jet Pilot Training", which is held in Bitburg/Eifel/Germany, can ends for you with a free flight of 30 minutes with a L-39ZO "Albatross", the most best training aircraft of the world. The program is becoming more and more popularity. Our customers are excited by the program and partly speechless directly after the training, and also some weeks later, if they see the flight videos (addon) on their home tv. If you want to be also there, we bring you on board one of the most flown jet trainers in the world! More ...

07.05.2008: The MDR filmed with us at the airport Bitburg/Eifel/Germany on the former US-Airforce Base Bitburg. The film will be showed on German TV in the program "Lexi TV" of German TV MDR and will show inside the movie about the famous Otto Lilienthal a jet flight participation and training on the L-39ZO Albatross. The movie will be shown on German tv MDR at end of May 2008.

18.04.2008: New schedules for our Zero-G flights in USA. From May up to the end of September of this year, you will find a lot of dates in serveral city's inside of USA, where you can have the experience of weightlessness also as in Russia. The absolut highlight will be on August 17th: on board you will be attained from Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, the second man on the moon of the legendary Apollo 11 team. This date will be a very special date, and if you want to take part on this flight, do not hesitate to contact us for details and price schedules, seat space is strongly reserved. More ...

14.04.2008: During our last tour to the liftoff of the Soyuz TMA-12 mission to the International Space Station ISS, our customer headed with us to Baikonur and were touched with human spaceflight in reality. During the 8 days tour they saw the famous Star City nearby Moscow with the training facilities of the Yuri A. Gagarin Training Centre (GCTC), the Gagarin Museum there, before they flown with us to Baikonur. There, they saw the rollout of the mounted Soyuz rocket on a train, the errection of the rocket on the Gagarinsky Launchpad. They take apart at the press conferences of the primary and the secondary crew of Soyuz TMA-12, saw the giant launch pads of the Energia rocket and the space shuttle Buran. They conquered Baikonur in a international group, and the climax: in a distance of 2 kilometers they watched the liftoff of the Soyuz rocket, as it blasted into space to touch the International Space Station ISS two days later. Back in Moscow, they visited the Energia museum and stood beside the original Wostok descent capsule of Yuri Gagarin, and saw at the Mission Control Centre (MCC) at Koroljov the docking of the Soyuz TMA-12 mission live on big TV screen. People were astonished about, how near they came at the Soyuz and about the space history, that the Russians are writing since the launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik in 1957. The next Soyuz launch is settled up for October 12th, and if you want to go on a very special journey of your lifetime, contact us and head with us in October of this year also to Baikonur, to watch the next (and maybe the last) space tourist Owen Garriot, who will fly on the 100st Soyuz mission to the International Space Station! More ...

07.01.2008: Every year on April 12th, there is a worldwide party called "Yuris Night". This party will be around the planet from United States across the Ocean to Europe, Russia, Asia and Australia. As also in the last year, Space Travellers will be one of the sponsors for the German Yuris Night and we will give away a special price: be one participant on one of our Zero-G flights onboard a Ilyushin 76 MDK during our 4 day special program! More ...

News 2007

29.12.2007:We wish all of our customers, partners and friends a good "liftoff" in the year 2008! We will work hard in the next year, to offer you the best places and experiences on this planet (and outside, if you wish!) from space & flight events.

21.11.2007: We are glad to offer now also our foreign customers the program "L-39 Jet Pilot Training" in Germany in the Eifel. You will have the possiblity to train like a jet-pilot, and if you will have successful test, you can receive the permission to participate on a free-flight with the worlds famoust trainer jets, the L-39 'Albatros'. Flights will have a take off in Germany and you will cruise with this jet in the heaven of Luxembourg. Take this chance to be one of the first free-flyers inside a jet-aircraft over Central Europe! More ...

06.11.2007: Follow us to your adventures of your lifetime! We have re-designed our "Adventure Cinema", there you will find high quality movies about our space- and flight experiences. To watch this section, you need time. If you don't have enough time, you can order from beginning of end of November 2007 our DVD! Watch out! More ...

05.11.2007: In September 2007 Joe Golightly, a citizen of the Faroer Islands done a trip of his lifetime: during a 8-day special journey he followed the steps of Juri Gagarin trought the Russian aviation- and spacehistory. The climax of the voyage: A flight with the MiG-31 'Foxhound" nearby the "Edge of Space". You can read his customer resonse and maybe, you also have the wish, to fly as high as possible with this famous fighter-jet. Nowhere else you can reach this altitudes! More ...

31.10.2007: The Rocketplane XP has a new airframe design! During the XPrize Cup from October 26th to 28th, Rocketplane Global Inc. presented the new airframe design of the Rocketplane XP first time to public. The design was developed from the engineer and industrial designer Frank Nuovo. Now, the Rocketplane XP has more space inside, 5 passengers and a pilot can reach the suborbital altitude of 330.000 ft. If you dream about space, take a deep breath and visit our section of the Rocketplane XP. More ...

08.10.2007: Space Travellers International will be a exhibitor and present our space & flight adventure tours and our services on the "Millionaire Expo 2007" at the "Royal Siam Paragon Hall" at Bangkok, Thailand. The exhibition will be from November 1st to November 4th. If you are there at Bangkok during this period, contact us before and we will arrange a entry there for to have meetings with us. More ...

02.10.2007: New picture update inside of our "Gallery". You will find brand new pictures of our last jet-fighter tours with a customer from the Faroe Islands (Joe Golightly - MiG 31) and Thomas Stein (Germany - MiG 29), pictures of the Sokol Airplant Museum and of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, from the EAC (European Astronaut Training Centre EAC), from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City and a lot of other picture. Don't miss our "Gallery" from astonishing pictures! More ...

27.09.2007: The first Soyuz flight in 2008 is announced. The Soyuz TMA-12 liftoff to the International Space Station ISS will be on April 8th 2008 from the Russian cosmodrome at Baykonur. Our fantastic voyage on the roots of Sergei Koroljov and Yuri A. Gagarin will start on April 3rd 2008. Follow us! More ...

11.07.2007: Until Yuri A. Gagarin, who had made the first human step into space, 1.600 humans had made their step into the weightlessness. Our Zero-G Flights in Russia are follow the roots of Yuri A. Gagarin and show you completely inside of max. 15 parabolas 5 minutes of weightlessness. You will feel inside of each parabola 23 - 28 seconds, that your feets will leave the ground. Inside of this year, we have only 5 seats free at our last flight in October, but since today you will find also the new schedules for 2008. More ...

10.06.2007: The date of our tour "VIP at Star City and LiftOff of Soyuz" has rescheduled. The liftoff of the Soyuz TMA-11 will now take place on October 8th, 2007. So, our complete program will be from October 3rd until October 9th 2007. If you want to take apart at the addon program "Live Docking of the Soyuz TMA-11" at the Koroljov MCC (Mission Control Centre), you will stay 3 days longer to watch on October 10th the docking live on very big tv-screens. So, you have the possiblity to see all stages of "your mission". We have open only 3 places for the tour to the stars, and we can promise a tour of your lifetime! More ...

11.04.2007: Celebrate with us "Yuri's Night 2007" in Stuttgart, Germany. On April 12th, 1961 the brave soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin blasted off into the sky of Kazhakhstan. He was flew onboard his spaceship "Wostok 1" into Earth orbit and circeled the Earth 1 time in 107 minutes, before he landed safety on ground. On April 12th 1981, 20 years after the first human spaceflight, the American Space Shuttle had opened the doors for reusable spaceships. Every April 12th, around the planet on 5 continents, Yuri Gagarin will be honored with several events, so called "Yuri's Night"! This year, the German "Yuri's night" will be at Stuttgart, and Space Travellers will give some prices away: Two winners can participate into 2008 at our voyage "VIP in Star City and Soyuz LiftOff at Baikonur! About the German "Yuri's Night" you can find informations here: www.yurisnight.de
If you want to celebrate into your own country, have a look onto the international webside of "Yuri's night" here: www.yurisnight.net

04.04.2007: From now on, you can book your single seat inside the ZeroG airplane at USA: The flights will takes place in several cities of US and you will have a lot of dates inside of this year, where you can go into weightlessness! At Las Vegas/Nevada/USA there are 19(!) flights planned inside of this year, and you can combine your own operated USA holiday with this extra event! What a feeling.... More ...

11.03.2007: The MIG-29 "Fulcrum" is one of the best fighter jets of the world. After our long year experiences at the Zuchowsky airbase nearby Moscow, now we are proud to offer you the re-starting of the flight experiences with the MIG-29 "Fulcrum" at Niszhny Novgorod on the Sokol-Airbase. Fly with this extraordinary jet some special flight manouvres like loopings, rolls, Immelmann's or other aerobatics. It's only up to you, if you can handle this! Some special flight-missions are availible, also normal flights up to 30 minutes. Our biggest program with our MIG-29 is to fly into an altitude of 18.000 meters, feel more then 6G's onto your body and feel the ride with one of the exclusivest fighter jets on this world. And maybe, you will fly one of the worlds famoust flight manouvres, the "Cobra". Trust yourself and take a ride! More ...

09.03.2007: The experience of a liftoff of an Russian Soyuz rocket in Kazakhstan is among one of the most impressive blast-offs world-wide. Come with us to this amazing adventure trip on the roots of Juri Gagarin, visit the legendary "Star City", nearby Moscow where the international crews are performing their trainings to reach the stars. Then you will fly to Baikonur/Kazakhstan to watch only 2 km in distance the blast-off of the giant rocket to the stars. More ...

23.01.2007: New dates for Zero G Flight events at USA: Our Zero G flight program in 2007 will show you the feelings of weightlessness and the American spaceflight history at the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. More ...

02.01.2007: Welcome into the new year 2007! In 2006 we travelled more as 20.000 kilometers around the planet. We are participated on the 'Emirates Millionaire Show 2006' inside the Emriates Palace Hotel at Abu Dhabi in December 2006, we are visited the facilities of 'Rocketplane Ltd.' at Oklahoma USA in summer 2006, and we organized a special event at Bremen (Germany) 'Meet an Cosmonaut' with an invitation of one of the experienced cosmonauts of Russia, Yuri Usachev (more then 550 days in space, 5 EVA's). Some of the pictures you can see inside our column "Gallery", 'Space Travellers inside'. More ...

News 2006

23.12.2006: We congratulate the crew members of the Shuttle "Discovery", what was landed on 23.32 MEZ on the Space Shuttle Runway at Cape Canaveral on December 22nd for a very successful mission. Also, we will give nice greetings to German astronaut Thomas Reiter, who has spend nearby 180 days into space during his ISS-Mission.

We wish all our friends, customers and businesspartners a very nice christmas and a very good "LiftOff" into the year 2007. We hoping, to develope into the next year as in the past a lot of new programs, to give you a satisfaction inside of your live. We are planning a lot of things for next year, we will visit the "Extravaganza Luxury Show" at Shanghai from June 2nd and 3rd, will open a space devision at Dubai/VAE and other things. Stay with us.

08.12.2006: Space Travellers will offer in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce/Abu Dhabi and Devine events our products and experiences around the topic of Space Tourism during the very exclusive "Emirates Millionaire Show 2006" from December 14th to 16th. This deluxe fair takes place inside of one of the most luxurious hotels of the world, the "Emirates Palace" at Abu Dhabi. Many producers and service providers of the international deluxe world give themselve here a rendezvous to introduce their unique products to the absolutely exclusive public at the Emirates. Visit us quite simple on the fair and experience also this very exotic land. Keep contact to us, we are pleased to give you more informations about this event. More ...

08.11.2006: Because the Zuchowsky-Airbase at Moscow region is closed for flights of civil nature, we cannot book the jet flights with the L-39 'Albatros', MIG-23 'Flogger', MIG-29 'Fulcrum', SU-30 'Flanker' and MIG-25 'Foxbat' (Edge of Space) at the moment there for you. How long the Airbase is closed for civil flights avoids our knowledge. Should you hear other statements, we can insure you, that these statements have no validity. No civil flights take place on not foreseeable time. Please, follow the tips within the performed programs under "prices and details". Nevertheless, the program offers are still on-line at the moment, until we have received a final decision. We have the possibility to fly on another Airbase in Niszhny Novgorod MIG-31 'Foxhound' and MIG-29 'Fulcrum'. The L-39 'Albatros' you can fly in California / USA, one of the highlights of our jet programs. Also you can climb up in South Africa with the 'Electric Lightning' in the highest altitudes. A MIG-29 program for the new location on the SOKOL-Airbase in Nishny Novgorod is at the moment in the development and is presented during the next days on our homepage.

12.10.2006: We are glad to be able to present to you a new jet program: Fly from Capetown (South Africa) now also in the heighest altitudes - aboard an 'English Electric Lightning'! Experience an 'Edge of Space Flight' in an altitude between 22 and 23 kilometers! The 'Electric Lightning' takes you with making Mach 2.2 on altitude, and if you liked it, you can also put up a new speed-steep path record: 'Electric Lightning' has a steep path rate of 50,000 feet per minute! You will accompany the best pilots on your way, and you also experience beside 'Edge of Space Flight' a uniqueness: 'Electric Lightning' is the onliest ultrasound-fight jet of the world with which you sit in a double cockpit side by side! You experience also your pilot immediately on the left beside yourselve at the work. More ...

28.09.2006: It was restricted so far, and jet enthusiasts had to wait for it very much long time, but now it comes to reality: We are glad about to offer you one of the onliest jet airplanes of the world for 'Edge of Space Flight' - the MIG-31 'Foxhound'! MIG-31 is the official successor of the MIG-25 'Foxbat' and distinguishes itself by better maneuverings, better flight characteristics as well as lower fuel costs. The flight in MIG-31 is possible only since a few days before, and we kidnap you with pleasure on an airbase near the city of Nizhny Novgorod in Russia, the hometown of Maxim Gorky! You become one of the first adventurers who venture the flight with MIG-31 and a place inside of our "hall of fame" is guarenteed!. And as a very particular item: The flight time amounts nearly 60 minutes! More ...

18.09.2006: New flight dates for our program "Zero G onboard Ilyushin 76 MDK" are now availible for 2007. Starting in April 2007 until October 2007 you will find now new possibilities, to feel what does it mean, to feel weightlessness. The flight onboard a Russian Ilyushin 76 MDK, the training aircraft of the Russian Cosmonauts, is a very unique experience and with nothing compareable in the world of adventures. We have a very unique 4-day program with a lot of experiences and sightseeings, and you will feel more comfortable and will feel the Russian 'way of life'! More ...

06.09.2006: "Touch the Moon and build up the ISS" is the name of our program, which kidnaps you inside of the American space history. You will experience during a 10 day special voyage pure astronautics, including a liftoff of an US Space Shuttle from spaceport Cape Kennedy, Florida. The 'Consolidated Launch Manifest' of NASA became just publish and now you will have more choices for to have a fantastic voyage inside of next year! More ...

06.08.2006: Visit our Adventure cinema and enjoy the movies which you will pull in a special spell! The movies show you the worlds of Space Travellers. Here also you find the newest movie about the flight of a customer who has made his dream, to fly inside of a L-39C Jet 'Albatros' com true. He signified, what does it mean, 'Top Gun above the Mojave desert'! More ...

26.07.2006: Space Travellers is since today the European Laision of the 'Space Frontier Foundation'. The Space Frontier Foundation is an organization composed of space activists, scientists and engineers, media and political professionals, entrepreneurs, and citizens from all backgrounds and all nations. The Foundation is transforming space from a government-owned bureaucratic program into a dynamic and inclusive frontier open to people. It is determined to convert the image held by many young people that the future will be worse than the present, and its reject the idea that the world's greatest moments are in its past. More ...

16.07.2006: At Las Vegas/Nevada/USA takes place the “New Space 2006 - The Space Frontier Foundations Annual Conference” from 19. to 23. July 2006. We are present to this conference as a exhibitor with our portfolio, and should you coincidentally to be in this time in Las Vegas, then we look forward to your attendance. More ...

02.06.2006: New dates for Zero-G Flights in Florida for August and September, 2006. From fort Lauderdale/USA in Florida you will start aboard a Boeing B-727/200, and you become after half an hour of flight time weightlessly about the Gulf of Mexico! It is new now also, that some flights not only start from Ft. Lauderdale, but also from the legendary "Space Shuttle Landing Facility" at Cape Kennedy. You start and land where the American Space Shuttles finish its missions. More ...

22.05.2006: By changes in the management of the Zuchowsky-Airbase, from where we allow to begin our jet flights with L-39, MIG-23, MIG-29, SU-27/30 and MIG-25, the shopping conditions have changed. As reasons the raised energy costs are declared. Unfortunately, we felt constrained to raise the prices of our very much popular jet experiences. In own thing we point to the fact which our adventures with the Russian fight jets cannot be sold about price. We also position ourselves to go not into a prizefighting with our competitors. However, our customers also know the fact, that with us absolute quality and security with the best price / achievement relation stands in the foreground. An experience tour with us to Russia with a flight in a jet airplane belongs to the 'highest' and 'fastest' experiences which there are worldwide. We are glad about it, if we can greet you soon in our "hall of fame" of the jet pilots. And as a goodie you still receive a unique surprise present which you still allow to think back along timeto your jet experience.

25.03.2006: Space Travellers does a great step: Maybe you have already discovered our new flag on top in the menu: Since 24.03.2006 we are also represented in Japan and offer our adventures and services about our new website 'Space Travellers Japan' in English language at the absolutely interesting market of Japan. Space Travellers Japan is escorted from Ms. Misuzu Onuki from Tokyo, who is resident since 1987 in the space branch, in particular of the Japanese. We wish her for the conquest of the Japanese market a lot of success! More ...

23.03.2006: The next liftoff mission "Soyuz TMA-9" with which also Japanese Space tourist Daisuke Enomoto (Japan) takes part, has been determined to the 14.09.2006 at Baykonur. Our very experienced-rich trip " VIP in star City and Liftoff Soyuz in Baykonur" became therefore for the period from 09.09.2006 till the 15.09.2006. The trip inside the Russian cosmonautics with sightseeings at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, located at Star City nearby Moscow and the liftoff of the Soyuz mission at Baykonur is an absolute highlight, which itself enthusiast should not allow to escape! More ...

22.03.2006: The next Space Shuttle liftoff STS 121 Discovery was moved from May, 2006 in July, 2006. So, the liftoff of the Space Shuttles "Discovery" with the German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter will be delayed aboard therefore and gives us the possibility to keep still some spaces with the planned trip. Up to now 12 persons have announced have contacted who would like to be present with pleasure at the liftoff as well and would like to take part in the very exclusive program. The liftoff of the Space Shuttle 'Discovery' will not occur before the July 1st, 2006. More to the program you find on the side "Touch the moon and return to Flight". More ...

21.03.2006: In an exclusive partnership with the US-American company 'Rocketplane Limited, Inc.' we are now ready to give you the 'ride of your life': Fly aboard 'Rocketplane XP' into space and experience stars above you, and the earth under you. You can belong to the first 50 of civilian astronauts when the Rocketplane XP will rise up 2007 into the sky over Oklahoma/USA. Now we can already say to you, that this flight will be the experience of your life. Experience 5 days of personal astronautics in the heart of America with the unique unforgettable flight to the stars with the 'Rocketplane XP'. More ...

10.02.2006: The Soyuz TMA-8 Mission will have its liftoff now at March 30th. For this reason, our "Liftoff to the Stars - Soyuz-Liftoff at Baykonur"-Voyage will take place now from March 25th till March 31st. More ...

19.01.2006: North Chile accommodates some of the best telescope locations on the world. Among them the two largest and most modern observatories of the ESO (European Southern Observatory) ' La Silla ' and ' Cerro Paranal ' with the VLT (Very Large Telescope). Scientists from the whole world investigate here with the most modern devices of the astronomy our surrounding universe. Follow us on this unique voyage from October 19th till October 30th 2006! More ...

13.01.2006: We are proud to present you a absolutely highlighted program: You can now train at the first time in Europe to handle a jet-fighter in England. Our new program will takes you onto your steps to be able to fly a jet-airplane, and after this education you can take part onto a flight with a BAC Jet Provost MK 5. More ...

07.01.2006: Read the very impressive experience report of our last trip to Baykonur in October 2005, when the American millionnaire Greg Olsen flew together with the ISS-12 crew Valeri Tokarev and William McArthur from Baykonur onboard Soyuz TMA-7 with their space capsule to their destionation International Space Station. More ...

02.01.2006: A new program to the new year: Fly with a partner in two L-39C 'Albatross' jet airplanes above the Mojawe desert, experience the manoeuvres of an aerial air fight battle purely! Excellent 3-day program expects you! Including VIP's tour (5 hours) in Navy's Fighter Weapons School "TOP GUN" and the 'on deck' visit of an aircraft carrier at the naval harbour from San Diego. More ...


News 2005

20.12.2005: We have changed our Jet-Flight prices to down! Now, you will recieve our proven and popular Jet-Flight-Programs between 10 - 15% less from the old price. For example: Complete price of our special MIG-25 'Edge of Space Flight'-Adventure is now 14.300,00 Euro (Old price: 15.200,00 Euro). In addition, you will find now the only Jet-Flight day prices in the details of our Jet-Flight programs (incl. Airbase program, transportation, guide, inflight videos, personal certificate, visasupport).

17.12.2005: In the new year 2006 we will be the first corporation in Europe, who is able to offer flights with the German-English "Alpha Jet". A flight in this famous jet is a absolutely fantastic ride and you can have the experience of your life! We combine this Jet-Fighter Program with a fantastic VIP-Tour at the location of Miramar, inside the Top Gun Fighter School and a half day visit onboard and American Aircraft-Carrier, located at San Diego! Coming soon!

12.12.2005: Today we have adjusted to the better clarity the main menu strip of our side to make our programs and services faster discoverable. The integrated searching function was reworked as well as the "Gallery". More ...

23.11.2005: 'My step into the weightlessness' is an experienced report of a 'parabolic flyer' of our last parable flight campaign in October 2005. You can read the authentic report of the Swiss Pierre Schoechlin, and maybe you experience next year also your personal way in the weightlessness. More ...

08.11.2005: The newest pictures of our last event tour from 26.10. - 29.10.2005 'Zero G Flight Ilyushin 76 MDK ' in Russia including the visit of the Monino-Airforce museum you will find in our Gallery. More ...

23.10.2005:From our last events "Dog Fight" L-39 'Wild Child' above the American Mojawe desert, our visit in Star City and from the last Lift Off event of the Soyuz TMA-7 with the expedition crew 12 to the International Space Station on 01.10.2005 you will find a lot of new pictures in our Gallery. More ...

19.10.2005: From the 26.10. - to 29.10.2005 our next full-booked-up Zero G Flight takes place aboard the Ilyushin 76-MDK of the Russian cosmonauts in Russia. Our team is in this time completely on site. Pictures and videos of this flight are presented to you shortly. More ...

12.10.2005: New dates for Zero-G flights in Florida for 2006: Out from Fort Lauderdale/USA in Florida, your Zero-G flight aboard a Boeing begin B-727-200, and you become after half an hour of flight time weightlessly about the Gulf of Mexico! More ...

10.10.2005: The new start appointments to the "Zero G Flight with the Ilyushin 76 in Star City, Russia " were settled for the next year. We offer 4 Zero-G flights with which individual interested people can order a place during these 4 start appointments. Absolutely, you can also arrange your own group reservation individually with us. More ...

06.10.2005: The next LiftOff of the Soyuz TMA-8 mission from the Russian Cosmodrome 'Baykonur' was determined to 22nd March, 2006. Therefore, our trip will take place from the 18th to the 24th March, 2006. You find more information about the trip under our "Space Tours". More ...

17.09.2005: Our new program Jet-Flight with L-39 'Wild Child' takes pleasure to an particular popularity. Reason enough to introduce a video in our video-column, which show you the the unique flight manoeuvres of this jet above the American Mojave desert. And if you do not have then yet enough of it, nothing is left to you, to book this jet flight as with us! More ...

15.09.2005: New program! We are particularly glad to be able to present to you now also a unique jet flight experience in the USA: Fly in the deep flight above the Mojave desert in California with 400 mp/h, rise with 3,000 meters per minute in an absolute acrobatic in the direction of sky and learn what it signified - to perform flight aerobatics with L-39C. The worldwide nicest L-39C 'albatross' waits for you and takes you to an adventure which you are never forget! More ...

14.09.2005: From the 26.09. - 05.10.2005 is our team with an special international travel group in Star City/Russia and in Baikonur/Kazakhstan to be present at the start of Soyuz TMA 7 with the International Space Station expedition crew 12 (William McArthur-USA, Valeri Tokarev-RUS and the American Space tourist Greg Olsen) on the 10/1/2005. Also we will visit the MCC Koroljov (Mission Control Centre). After this tour there are reports of experience, pictures and videos on our sides.

15.08.2005: Shortly we can offer a new, singular experience to you: Fly with the most modern L-39 'Albatros' jet "Wild Child" through the Grand Canyon and in the low-altitude flights over the Mojawe desert in California/USA. Also we will be able to offer so-called 'Dog Fights'there. A completely special adventure, which will take you behind your imagination. Shortly more here on our sides.

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