SPACE PERSPECTIVE'S NEW CAPSULE DESIGN
Spaceship Neptune Excelsior's Completed Structure: Ready for Test Flights
FLORIDA SPACE COAST, FL - December 13, 2023 - Space Perspective, is the world's first and only carbon-neutral spaceflight company. Today they share news of a significant milestone —the capsule structure for Spaceship Neptune is now officially complete! Spaceship Neptune was developed to be the most accessible, most sustainable, and safest spacecraft on or above Planet Earth. It comprises the SpaceBalloon, Reserve Descent System and Neptune Capsule. Unlike all other spacecraft whereby the crewed compartment separates from one flight system mid-flight and transfers to another flight system, Spaceship Neptune’s capsule remains secured to the SpaceBalloon the entire flight from liftoff to splashdown, creating a seamlessly safe and gentle flight. Learn More About Space Perspective.
This completed capsule will be flown as part of our upcoming uncrewed test flights, which will pave the way for crewed test flights later next year. In 2021, they successfully flew a capsule simulator to space under a balloon. Space Perspective called this Flight 1. With Flight 2, we will fly a pressurized capsule to test all corner cases and inform the build of a commercial-grade capsule.
Flight 2, along with the series of tests that will follow it, are critical to building the safest spaceflight possible and represent giant leaps toward the extraordinary trip that awaits you.
To celebrate this moment, the Space Perspective Founders and Co-CEOs, Jane and Taber, invite you to get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the amazing things the manufacturing teams are making happen at Mission Control.
Fun Fact:Space Perspective nicknamed their test spacecraft Spaceship Neptune - Excelsior, a tribute to Joe Kittinger and the Project Excelsior team, who ran a series of parachute jumps from helium balloons in the stratosphere in 1959 and 1960.
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NEW SPACE PERSPECTIVES CAPSULE DESIGN
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About Space Perspective
Space Perspective is the world's first and only carbon-neutral spaceflight experience company on a mission to make transformative space travel accessible to more people than ever before. Its Spaceship Neptune, which comprises a pressurized capsule propelled by a giant SpaceBalloon™, offers a safe and accessible six-hour journey to the edge of space.
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