X-Nico

unusual facts about space tourism



Cosmopolis XXI

Cosmopolis XXI was a late 2000s Russian concept launch vehicle billed as a space tourism vehicle, similar to Mojave Aerospace's Tier One program.

Francis Hsueh and Steven Hahn

In late 2006, inspired by news of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism company (scheduled to be launched in 2009), Hsueh and Hahn completed their second feature-length script, Leo of St. George and the Air Galactic.

ISS ECLSS

The incident occurred shortly after STS-115 left and just before arrival of a resupply mission (including space tourist Anousheh Ansari).

Soyuz TM-31

The crew launched by Soyuz TM-32, which included the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito, were returned to Earth in May aboard Soyuz TM-31.

Spaceport Sweden

Spaceport Sweden is a company that plans to make Kiruna the primary European Spaceport for personal suborbital spaceflight for space tourism, research, education and a hub for cross-industry innovation.

Susan J. Helms

She and her crewmates also performed a 'fly around' of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and welcomed the visiting Soyuz crew that included the first space tourist, Dennis Tito.

Talgat Musabayev

His third spaceflight was a short duration visiting mission to the International Space Station, which also carried the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito.


see also

Japanese barque Kankō Maru

Kankoh-maru is also the name of a Japanese spaceship project for space tourism.