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Space Adventures to offer spacewalks to tourists
Posted: Sat, Jul 22, 2006, 12:09 PM ET (1609 GMT)
EVA outside the Pirs module of ISS (NASA) Space tourists traveling to the International Space Station (ISS) will now have the option of performing a spacewalk while at the station, space tourism operator Space Adventures announced Friday. The company announced that the Russian space agency has agreed to allow tourists to perform a 90-minute spacewalk outside the station, provided that the tourists are in good health and undertake additional training on the ground prior to launch. the spacewalk would cost tourists $15 million on top of the $20-million list price for a flight to the ISS. NASA officials had no comment on the announcement and what impact it would have on station operations or coordination among the ISS partners
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