Arctic town eyes future as Europe's gateway to space
- Published: 18 Dec 2012 at 15.38
- Online news: World
Sweden's small Arctic town of Kiruna has a surprisingly international airport with regular flights to London and Tokyo, but it has even bigger plans: to offer commercial space flights.
This handout picture shows an artist's impression of an international space airport in Kiruna. ©AFP PHOTO / Jan-Erik Stalnacke/Spacesport Sweden
Spaceport Sweden, a company founded in 2007, hopes to be able to provide the first flights within a decade from Kiruna's airport.
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