List of billionaire spacetravellers explained

This is a list of billionaire (USD) space travellers.

List

Key
ColorValue
  Flown
 Currently in space
 Scheduled future flight
class=unsortableBillionaireclass=unsortableSpaceflightLaunch DateArrival Dateclass=unsortable colspan=2Notesclass=unsortable colspan=2
Space Adventures / MirCorp ISS EP-1 (Soyuz TM-32/TM-31)First billionaire in space, orbital space; first space tourist to the International Space Station[1] [2] [3]
Space Adventures ISS EP-3 (Soyuz TM-34/TM-33)First insured space tourist; First South African, first person from Africa in space, orbital space; second space tourist to the International Space Station[4] [5] [6] [7]
Space Adventures Soyuz TMA-10/TMA-9First spaceflightFirst two-time space tourist[8] [9]
Space Adventures Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12Second spaceflight[10]
Space Adventures Soyuz TMA-16/TMA-14First Canadian space tourist; Last space tourist before the U.S. STS Space Shuttle programme shut down, and increase in long-term ISS crew to 6, leading to a decade without space tourist flights to the ISS[11] [12]
Virgin Galactic Unity 22First billionaire to fly in his own spacecraft into space, above the 80km McDowell line to suborbital space; First fully occupied SpaceShipTwo flight[13] [14] [15]
Blue Origin NS-16First billionaire to fly in his own spacecraft above the 100km Karman line into suborbital space; First wholly commercial civilian flightcrew-less flight into space, suborbital space; First crewed Blue Origin launch[16]
SpaceX Shift4 Inspiration4First wholly commercial civilian flightcrew-less flight into orbital space; Fourth crewed SpaceX launch
SpaceX Polaris program Polaris DawnNET 2024NET 2024First flight from the Polaris program.[17]
Space Adventures Soyuz MS-20First spaceflight[18]
Axiom/SpaceX Ax-1First flight for AxiomSpace, first private spaceflight to the International Space Station[19] [20]
First Israeli space tourist. Second Israeli in space, orbital space.[21]
Axiom/SpaceX Ax-2[22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Space Station 20th: Space Flight Participants . NASA Johnson Space Center: NASA History . 30 April 2020 . John Uri . NASA .
  2. Web site: A Very Brief History of Billionaires Going to Space . Delia Marinescu . 8 June 2021 . Slate .
  3. News: Billionaire plans manned flyby mission to Mars . The Toronto Star . Joel Achenbach . 20 November 2013 .
  4. "Space tourist" insists on pioneering role . 20 April 2002 . New Scientist . Will Knight .
  5. Web site: How Mark Shuttleworth became the first African in space and launched a software revolution . Steve Ranger . 19 January 2017 . Tech Republic .
  6. South African to Become First Insured Space Tourist . 24 April 2002 . Bloomberg .
  7. Web site: SA billionaire Shuttleworth loses R250 million tax case . 18 June 2015 . RDM News . BusinessTech .
  8. News: Space billionaire returns to Earth . https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212134/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18244287 . dead . 20 September 2021 . Maria Danilova . 21 April 2007 . NBC News .
  9. News: Microsoft 71-year-old billionaire Charles Simonyi still goes to work . Jordan Novet . 27 February 2020 . CNBC .
  10. News: U.S. Billionaire Set For 2nd Trip to Space . Clara Moskowitz. Clara Moskowitz . 24 March 2009 . SPACE.com .
  11. Why Cirque Du Soleil Billionaire Guy Laliberte Traveled To Space . Steven Bertoni . 9 June 2011 . Forbes .
  12. News: Cirque du Soleil founder to become 1st Canadian space tourist . 4 June 2009 . CBC News . CBC .
  13. News: Billionaire tycoons set for joyrides to space . 12 July 2021 . The Straits Times .
  14. News: Axiom names first private crew paying $55 million for a trip to the ISS . 26 January 2021 . The Verge . Joey Roulette .
  15. Virgin Galactic Launches Richard Branson to Space in First Fully Crewed Flight of VSS Unity . Chelsea Gohd . 12 July 2021 . Scientific American .
  16. Web site: Jeff Bezos and the Blue Origin Crew Successfully Complete Their Flight to Space . Elliot Santiago . 20 July 2021 . hypebeast .
  17. News: Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceX. en-US. The Washington Post. 2022-02-14. 0190-8286.
  18. News: Japanese tycoon to warm up for his trip to the Moon by going to the International Space Station . Marcia Dunn . 14 May 2021 . STUFF.co.nz .
  19. News: Meet the people paying $55 million each to fly to the space station . Christian Davenport . 26 January 2021 . The Washington Post .
  20. News: Meet Larry Connor — The Man Piloting First-Ever Private Mission to the International Space Station . Spectrum News 1 . Katie Kapusta . 27 February 2021 .
  21. News: Made Millions in Africa, Taking Tom Cruise's Seat: Meet Eytan Stibbe, Billionaire Israeli Space Passenger . Haaretz . 17 November 2020 . Hagai Amit . Shuki Sadeh .
  22. News: Billionaire is latest to buy trip to space . 26 May 2021 . The National Post . Christian Davenport .