--- title: Space: Singer Sarah Brightman Is Not Going to Space (for Now) description: Singer Sarah Brightman has announced that she is no longer traveling to space, at least for now. canonical: https://time.com/3857549/sarah-brightman-international-space-station/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-13T19:19:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:49:51.479Z article:section: Science og:title: Singer Sarah Brightman Is Not Going to Space (for Now) og:description: After just a few months of training, Brightman has dropped out og:url: https://time.com/3857549/sarah-brightman-international-space-station/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3131435e55ba9239/6987efa03c16395855455fd3/sarah-brightman-sets-the-tone-for-her-space-mission1425974700.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Sarah Brightman og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Singer Sarah Brightman Is Not Going to Space (for Now) twitter:description: After just a few months of training, Brightman has dropped out twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3131435e55ba9239/6987efa03c16395855455fd3/sarah-brightman-sets-the-tone-for-her-space-mission1425974700.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Singer Sarah Brightman Is Not Going to Space (for Now) > Sponsored content. 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Time follows Kelly and his twin brother, Mark, as they work the test the boundaries of long-term space travel._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) and [Jeffrey Kluger](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/) May 13, 2015 7:19 PM UTC  Sarah Brightman during training in Star City, Russia Sarah Brightman during training in Star City, RussiaRoscosmos by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) and [Jeffrey Kluger](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/) May 13, 2015 7:19 PM UTC Singer Sarah Brightman announced Wednesday that she is postponing her trip to space. Her $52 million, 10-day trip aboard the International Space Station will be pushed back due to personal family reasons, [according to a statement](https://www.facebook.com/SarahBrightmanMusic?fref=ts) posted to her Facebook page. She had stopped training on April 22, two people familiar with her training schedule tell TIME. “Since 2012, Sarah has shared her story of a lifelong dream to fly to space. Her international fame as the world’s best-selling soprano has enabled her message to circle the globe, inspiring others to pursue their own dreams,” said Eric Anderson, Co-Founder and Chairman of Space Adventures, Ltd in the statement. “We’ve seen firsthand her dedication to every aspect of her spaceflight training and to date, has passed all of her training and medical tests. We applaud her determination and we’ll continue to support her as she pursues a future spaceflight opportunity.” Whether what’s being described as a postponement is actually a cancellation is impossible to know right now. Brightman did not even begin her training until Jan. 19, according to Roscosmos, which would have given her less than eight months at best to get ready for a Sept. 1 launch. That’s significantly less time than professional astronauts need to become mission-ready—even without the loss of the last two weeks. It will be up to Roscosmos and Space Adventures to determine if, given all this, they will ever consider it prudent to allow Brightman to fly. American astronaut Scott Kelly, who is currently in the midst of a [yearlong mission](http://time.com/space) aboard the space station, told TIME he was looking forward to Brightman coming aboard. —With reporting by Jonathan D. 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