Blast Off: Crystal Cruises' Space Excursion

March 11, 2010 By: Meagan Drillinger

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Crystal Cruises is taking its guests on an industry first: one-night excursions to Russia's former Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City.

On this excursion guests can train like the modern Russian Cosmonauts, experiencing everything from G Forces and weightlessness to the "Final Challenge," where participants must install a space antenna on a replica of the International Space Station while wearing an authentic space suit, submerged n 54,000 square feet of water.

This excursion is available from St. Petersburg with five Crystal Symphony summer Baltic voyages. The programs include roundtrip air transportation from St. Petersburg to Moscow, overnight hotel accommodations and a full-day Moscow city tour.

Fares range from $4,359 to $32,995 for the "Final Challenge."