Human spaceflight programmes Human spaceflight programmes Cosmopolis XXI is a planned Russian vehicle that is billed as a space tourism vehicle, similar to Mojave Aerospace's Tier One program. It would use the M-55X launch aircraft and the proposed C-21 spaceplane. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cosmopolis XXI"
The da Vinci Project is a privately-funded, volunteer-staffed attempt to launch a reusable manned suborbital spacecraft. It was a contender for the Ansari X Prize for the first non-governmental reusable manned spacecraft. The project is based in Toronto Ontario, Canada and led by Brian Feeney. ...more on Wikipedia about "Da Vinci Project"
Deep Space Expedition Alpha (DSE-Alpha), is the name given to the mission planned to take the first space tourists to fly around the moon. The mission is organized by Space Adventures Ltd. who were responisble for taking the first space tourist Dennis Tito into orbit in 2001. The plans involve a modified Soyuz capsule docking with a booster rocket in Earth orbit which sends them on a free return trajectory that flies around the moon once. Tickets cost $100,000,000. It is hoped that launch will take place before 2010. ...more on Wikipedia about "DSE-Alpha"
Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961–1972. It was devoted to the goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth within the decade of the 1960s. This goal was achieved with the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. The program continued into the early 1970s to carry out the initial hands-on scientific exploration of the Moon, with a total of six successful landings. As of 2005, there has not been any further human spaceflight beyond low earth orbit. The later Skylab program and the joint American-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project used equipment originally produced for Apollo, and are often considered to be part of the overall program. The name Apollo, like earlier manned space-flight programs, was named after a god from classical civilizations, and comes from one of the Greek gods. ...more on Wikipedia about "Project Apollo"
Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program in which the United States of America sent humans into space, between Projects Mercury and Apollo, during the years 1963- 1966. Its objective was to develop techniques for advanced space travel, notably those necessary for Apollo, whose objective was to land men on the Moon. Gemini missions involved extravehicular activity and orbital maneuvers including rendezvous and docking. ...more on Wikipedia about "Project Gemini"
Project Mercury was the United States' first successful manned spaceflight program. It ran from 1959 through 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the Earth. Early planning and research was carried out by NACA, while the program was officially carried out by the newly created NASA. The name Mercury comes from the Roman god (it is also the name of the innermost planet of the solar system). ...more on Wikipedia about "Project Mercury"
The Soyuz human spaceflight programme was initiated in the early 1960s as part of the manned lunar programme that was intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. The Soyuz spacecraft and the Soyuz launch vehicle are both part of this programme. ...more on Wikipedia about "Soyuz programme"
Virgin Galactic is a spaceline in Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, which plans to offer suborbital spaceflights to the paying public. ...more on Wikipedia about "Virgin Galactic"
The Voskhod programme ( , translated as "Sunrise") was a Soviet human spaceflight project. It was a development of and a follow-on to the Vostok programme using the Voskhod spacecraft and rocket. ...more on Wikipedia about "Voskhod programme"
The Vostok programme (Восто́к, translated as "East") was a Soviet human spaceflight project that succeeded in putting a person into Earth orbit for the first time. The programme developed the Vostok spacecraft from the Zenit photo-reconnaissance project and adapted the Vostok rocket from an existing ICBM design. Just before the first release of the name Vostok to the press, it was a classified word. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vostok programme"
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