Several participants from across the globe signed up for the thrilling, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience all phases of a blast off into Space.

The 2-day Complete Sub-Orbital Space Flight Training program is part of NASTAR Center's newly launched Air and Space Adventure Programs and is the first of its kind to be offered to the general public. Appealing to the commercial space travel and adventure travel enthusiast, these unique Space Programs at NASTAR Center go far beyond the brief experiences currently available in other programs.

Space students actually receive a complete, authentic training program that provides the full G force experience for all phases of space launch and reentry from the crushing forces of launch to the sensation of reduced gravity at apogee.

The enthusiastic feedback and individual successes during Saturday's training sessions added to the already high 94% graduation rate NASTAR Center has experienced for all of its trainees. This completion rate includes the Virgin Galactic Founders, or first 100 private space travelers signed up for a spaceflight in the near future, all of whom were trained at NASTAR Center last winter.

As the Official Space Training Provider to Virgin Galactic, NASTAR Center parallels its Air and Space Adventure programs with Virgin Galactic's planned suborbital space flight.

The NASTAR Center Space Program centers around technique and training for a sub-orbital space flight and uniquely replicates the same dynamic properties of SpaceShip2 including the 2-stage flight profile with G forces on launch (3Gz) and Reentry (6Gx).

Two of the seven trainees had previously taken part in space programs at NASTAR Center within the last 6 months, including one Virgin Galactic Founder and future astronaut, Per Wimmer, CEO of Wimmer Space. Per trained last year at NASTAR Center and came back a second time because he found it so beneficial.

Per stated, "Knowing what will happen to you before you launch into space is very important. The training that you (NASTAR Center) provides is indispensable as part of any private space flight participation. This is my second centrifuge session at NASTAR and I'll be back!"

The 2-day Complete Sub-Orbital Space Training Program is in high demand by many of the future Virgin Galactic astronauts due to its 'try before you buy' aspect.

Consisting of authentic space training, physiology coursework, and 6 flights in the Space Training Simulator (STS-400), the 2-day program delivers the closest space flight experience available anywhere on Earth.

Adventures learn valuable techniques during their course of the program, and leave confident and capable to handle the physiological stresses endured during a space flight.

NASTAR offers other programs including the Air Combat Challenge Training Program which involves skills testing and flight instruction on high-G force simulated combat aircraft. In this program, the pilot/guest performs aerobatics and high-G maneuvers to target bogeys, deploy missiles, and destroy enemy aircraft over foreign soil.

Brienna Henwood, Commercial Business Director at NASTAR Center, stated, "I enjoy watching the trainees as they go through the various elements of the program. Their positive reactions are spontaneous as they appreciate the training they are receiving. Our training profiles offer a unique combination of both serious training and serious fun."

Commercial space flight will be made possible in the next few years by companies like Virgin Galactic and Xcor; however, space flight preparation, training and genuine space experiences are available now at the NASTAR Center.

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