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Space walkers

A company that blasted the first space tourists into orbit is offering future clients the chance to do a spacewalk. Space Adventures says the optional excursion will cost $15m (£8m) on top of the $20m cost for the flight. For that, private space explorers will get a 1.5-hour accompanied extra-vehicular-activity (EVA) outside the International Space Station (ISS). The EVA would lengthen a stay on the ISS from 10 days to between 16 and 18 and would require additional training. Eric Anderson, president of and CEO of Space Adventures, said his company already had "potential clients" for the spacewalks. "One-and-a-half hours is about one orbit of the Earth, so they'd see the entire planet," says Anderson. "They'd experience complete daytime and night time and watch the planet in its beauty and splendour."

COMPLIED BY ROHINI RAMAKRISHNAN

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