In Brief: Russian space agency mulling space plane

SPACE TOURISM: Russia's Aviation and Space Agency is considering building a six-seat aircraft that could take paying passengers to the edge of space to experience reduced gravity, agency official Valery Voskoboinikov said July 3. The project is in the business planning stages, he said.

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