As space tourism moves from science fiction to science fact, NASA looks into the future to a time when civilians will go beyond Earth orbit to visit distant worlds.
The US space agency has shared its ‘future vision’ for such flights in a new video showing tourists sailing the waters of Saturn’s moon Titan and free fall through the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet 42 light-years from Earth.
This video was inspired by a series of travel posters created by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which shows the many planets and moons that could one day become vacation destinations for humans living on Earth.
NASA shared the video: “While our robotic rover has toured our solar system, the only place beyond Earth where humans have stood is the Moon.”
This is also the next place we will send astronauts to. But not the last! Although humans haven’t visited Mars yet, we plan to add shoe prints to the rover’s tire tracks there now. We also dream of traveling to distant worlds, and how that could be.
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As space tourism becomes part of our reality, NASA looks to the future to see when civilians will go beyond Earth orbit to visit distant worlds, such as Saturn’s moon Titan.
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Space tourism has been a vision for decades, but it is only recently that we have seen civilians travel into space.
NASA hopes this achievement will lead humans to explore the wonders of the solar system and beyond, and has taken part in must-do activities while on distant worlds.
Future Visions video shows mock vacation bookings through Extrasolar Travel Agency.
The agency’s rocket could land people on Mars to visit historical sites before the plane heads to Venus, where tourists will enjoy stunning views from the Cloud 9 Observatory.
The US space agency has shared a “future vision” of such a flight in a new video showing tourists kayaking on Saturn’s moon Titan and free fall into the atmosphere of an exoplanet.
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Next on the way is Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and it is believed to have a surface ocean of water, which is ideal for kayaking. Once dry, head to exoplanet HD 40307 g to parachute. HD 40307 g is a Neptune-like exoplanet located just 42 light-years from Earth
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The video also shows tourists on Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth-largest moon, covered in a thick layer of ice.
The tour will take tourists across the southern region to feast their eyes on thermal jets flying from the moon.
Next on the way is Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, which is thought to be sea level and ideal for kayaking.
The agency’s rocket could drop people on Mars to visit historical sites before the plane heads to Venus, where tourists will enjoy stunning views from the Cloud 9 Observatory.
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The video takes tourists to Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth largest moon, which is covered in a thick layer of ice. This tour will take tourists across the southern region to feast their eyes on a thermal plane launched from the moon
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Once dry, head to exoplanet HD 40307 g to parachute.
HD 40307 g is a Neptune-like exoplanet located just 42 light-years from Earth.
Another exoplanet is featured as a destination, where tourists can fly through the atmosphere in glass capsules, walk through red “grass” and dance through the night on a starless planet.
Decades separate us from NASA’s vision of future space travel, but many companies on Earth have sent civilians to the edge of space and beyond.
Another exoplanet is featured as a destination, where tourists can walk through the red ‘grass’ and dance the night away on a starless planet.
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Tourists can also take a trip to Jupiter (on the left) where they can take a hot air balloon ride to see the stunning aurora borealis. Another exoplanet appears as a destination, where travelers can fly through the atmosphere in glass capsules as they pick up the lava that fills the planet (right)
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Blue Origin’s most recent flight was on October 13 carrying actor William Shatner, 90, and three others 351,186 feet above the ground where they spent three minutes weightless.
Ahead of the mission, company founder Jeff Bezos made the same trip in July.
He, his brother Mark, Wally Funk, and Dutch teenager Oliver Daemon followed on the trip.
The latest flight from Blue Origin on October 13 carrying actors William Shatner (center), 90, Glen de Vries (left), Audrey Powers and Chris Buchwezen (right) were 351,186 feet above the ground as they spent three minutes in Weightlessness.
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However, Richard Branson won the billionaire space race when he and his entourage rose to the edge of outer space on July 11.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hasn’t left Earth yet, but his company is sending its first civilian crew into orbit — and the craft when it’s further from the International Space Station.
Inspiration4 launched on September 14 with four passengers who spent three days orbiting Earth.
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