Putting the Moon in Honeymoon

Posted by 8Ball Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:05:00 GMT

Fledgling science zine Inkling has some Q and A with George and Loretta, pioneers of Yuri’s night and soon to be the first couple to honeymoon in space (mentioned before in our blog).

Link to article

Making love in zero-gravity

Posted by 8Ball Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:50:00 GMT

Congratulations to HellDog’s sister and new husband, who are going to become the first couple to honeymoon in space, thanks to Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic (and a little help from Burt Rutan)

Their press release says:
First Couple to Honeymoon in Space on Virgin Galactic Launch Spacelove.org Website

Washington, D.C.- February 14, 2007- Loretta and George Whitesides, the first couple to honeymoon in space, launched a new website on Valentine’s Day to share the excitement of their upcoming adventure with the public.

“Growing up, we both had the dream to go to space,” said George Whitesides, newlywed and Executive Director of the National Space Society. “We feel incredibly lucky to be able to achieve that dream together.”

Loretta and George are two of 100 Virgin Galactic ‘Founders’- the people who have paid in full to be the first to fly on Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Spaceline. “We hope that with our flight, we can help bring love and peace to a place that is very important to us – space,” said Loretta, who is the Executive Director of Yuri’s Night, a worldwide celebration of spaceflight. The sub-orbital spaceflight will launch the couple over 100 km high, past the boundary of space. The flight will include several minutes of weightlessness, a view of the blackness of space and the curvature of the Earth. The Space Love website will document the preparation and lead-up to the flight, and include suggestions for others who wish to celebrate their own honeymoons, anniversaries or even weddings in space. George and Loretta are no strangers to weightlessness, with both having flown as crew for Zero G Corporation’s weightless flights. “We have even had our first Zero G kiss,” commented Loretta, adding, “weightlessness just has a magic to it.”

For more information on their space honeymoon and pictures, please visit www.spacelove.org.

For more information on Virgin Galactic please visit www.virgingalactic.com .