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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Private Missions _ Visit Aurora Borealis

Posted by: tty Jan 26 2007, 07:39 PM

Just saw on TV that Rymdbolaget (the Swedish Space Agency) and VirginGalactic are planning to start suborbital flights from ESRANGE in northern Sweden from 2012. Special attraction: View Aurora Borealis from the inside!

http://www.rymdbolaget.se/default.asp?groupid=

Posted by: dilo Feb 20 2007, 06:44 AM

This is a great idea!
I never watched aurora due to my geographic location... when I made a trip to Norway, it was summer so no dark sky even at midnight , now I'm planning to go in Iceland within few next years... (probably the suborbital flight inside aurora is too expensive for me!).
In the meantime, SpaceWeather published a beautiful February aurora gallery and this image in particular is incredible:
http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/images2007/03feb07/Christiansen1.jpg

Posted by: Bjorn Jonsson Feb 26 2007, 10:57 PM

Warning: There are also no dark skies in Iceland for roughly three months during the summer.