NASA to open International Space Station for tourism from 2020

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NASA to open International Space Station for tourism from 2020
NASA to open International Space Station for tourism from 2020

New Delhi : From 2020, the NASA will be opening the International Space Station for tourism and other business ventures as it aims to financially disengage from the orbiting research lab, read a official statement.

"NASA is opening the International Space Station to commercial opportunities and marketing these opportunities as we’ve never done before," NASA chief financial officer Jeff DeWit said in New York.

There will be up to two short private astronaut missions per year, said Robyn Gatens, deputy director of the ISS.