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Thu, May 13, 2021

Orbite Unveils Pricey Astronaut Orientation Program

Company Posts 2021 Course Details

Orbite, which hopes to be a space training company, has announced its first space training program: Astronaut Orientation, a 3-day, 4-night experience. The company will offer four pretty expensive courses in the fall of 2021, with three located in the U.S. and one in France. Each Astronaut Orientation will be limited to 10 guests to ensure personalized service.

Astronaut Orientation is the first training offering of several planned from Orbite. This program focuses on putting guests through a series of activities that may enlighten them about the different suborbital and orbital spaceflight offerings. Astronaut Orientation will expose trainees to different mission profiles through microgravity and high-G flight training, up-close tours of space facilities, and virtual reality experiences from actual commercial space missions. Attendees will also have access to a ‘Michelin star’ space food lab tasting.

“The 2020s is the decade of commercial human spaceflight,” says Jason Andrews, cofounder of Orbite as well as founder of Andrews Space, Spaceflight and BlackSky. “Orbite will serve the next generation of space explorers: those who come to train, and ultimately stay, before departing on their off-world adventure. Our Astronaut Orientation aims to expand people's understanding of the near-term spaceflight offerings and help guide them as they consider future spaceflight opportunities.”

Astronaut Orientation will be taught by 'astronaut trainer' Brienna Rommes. Rommes has reportedly trained more than 600 future astronauts for space, including Sir Richard Branson and his passengers for Virgin Galactic and other companies.

Limited spots are available. Prices begin at an 'atronomical' $29,500 per person.

FMI: www.Orbitespace.com

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