EADS prepares to launch space tourism

June 14, 2007

EADS Astrium, a satellite subsidiary of the European aerospace giant, is planning to launch a service to take tourists into space by 2012-2013. The program, which will be launched in 2008, will offer passengers a 90-minute plane ride including three minutes of weightlessness at 100 kilometers above Earth. Images of the and soundbites from a company executive.