Russia Amps Up Space Tourism Effort

Maxim Pyadushkin February 18, 2021
Russian Soyuz capsule
Space Adventures and the Roscosmos division Glavkosmos plan to send civilians to orbit on Russian Soyuz capsules.
Credit: NASA
Russia is preparing to renew space tourism activities by offering dedicated commercial missions to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz rockets, including the world’s first opportunity for a private citizen to conduct a spacewalk. Mission in 2023 could include a spacewalk Roscosmos says the...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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