SpaceX Adds Cosmic Tourism Offering to Website

According to the company’s website, customers can book missions to Earth orbit as early as this year, with flights to the International Space Station following in 2025.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, May 02, 2024 at 04:31 PM ET

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SpaceX’s Starship upper stage is one of two vehicles listed under the ‘Human Spaceflight’ tab on the company’s website. [Courtesy: SpaceX]

Key Takeaways:

SpaceX has opened bookings for human spaceflight missions to various destinations, including Earth orbit, the International Space Station (ISS), lunar orbit, and Mars.
Initial missions, offering both commercial tourism and on-orbit research opportunities, are projected to begin as early as late 2024 for Earth orbit flights and 2025 for ISS missions.
Flights will utilize the Dragon capsule for nearer destinations and the ambitious Starship for lunar and Mars journeys, though Starship is still in its early testing phase.
These offerings reflect SpaceX's broader goal of establishing human colonies on the moon and Mars, distinguishing its long-term ambitions from other space tourism companies.

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Human spaceflight has long been a goal for SpaceX, the rocket and satellite manufacturing venture of billionaire Elon Musk. Per an update to the company’s website, it appears interested customers can now book their spots on missions to the International Space Station (ISS), moon, and Mars, with flights beginning as early as this year.

SpaceX this week quietly added a “Human Spaceflight” tab to its website, listing four destinations to which customers can book flights: Earth orbit, the ISS, lunar orbit, and Mars. It is unclear when the new offerings were added.