It's out of this World...

If space tourism stills seems a bit out of reach, try other ways of getting there, from your armchair for example:

Watch it – watch the first moon landing in 1969; to bring you bang up to date with space today log onto NASA’s website where space missions are regularly filmed (also good for finding out when to spot a space station hovering over Birmingham). SpaceFlightNow provides news stories and audio/visual footage - if you’re really keen, follow the space program by subscribing. The European Space Agency has it's own impressive video library.

Hop it – to view the areas of the moon where the 6 earliest landings took place, go no further than Google's site. For 3D vistas of various planets including Earth, Venus and Jupiter, jump onboard with World Wind. And while you're there, explore Mars as it may look in the future with an outpost for space trekkers.

Learn it – a good introduction to space is given by the BBC and if you want to learn your constellations, the Hubble website will reveal the stars to you.

Read it – in space blogs:
Charlesinspace.com
Akastronaut.org/blog
Q80girl.blogspot.com