The New Mexico Spaceport Authority announced tours of Spaceport America will be open to the public starting Friday, May 13, 2011. The facility, the world's first dedicated spaceport, is famously being rented by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, who plans to take tourists into space.
Albuquerque-based company, Follow the Sun, will lead tours through the Las Cruces facility to give a behind-the-scenes look into space travel, a press release from Spaceport America said.
The spaceport is expected to be open later this year but the first tour starts on Friday, May 13th, and will be held each weekend (including Fridays) in continuum. A three-hour tour will cost $59 for adults and $29 for children under the age of 12.
Meanwhile, The Albuquerque Journal reports that the >"Spaceport Project Hits Bumps."
Albuquerque-based company, Follow the Sun, will lead tours through the Las Cruces facility to give a behind-the-scenes look into space travel, a press release from Spaceport America said.
The spaceport is expected to be open later this year but the first tour starts on Friday, May 13th, and will be held each weekend (including Fridays) in continuum. A three-hour tour will cost $59 for adults and $29 for children under the age of 12.
Meanwhile, The Albuquerque Journal reports that the >"Spaceport Project Hits Bumps."
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