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 launched a "Human Spaceflight" tab on its website, enabling customers to book missions to destinations including Earth orbit, the International Space Station, lunar orbit, and Mars.
Flights to Earth orbit are anticipated to begin as early as this year, with ISS missions projected for 2025, though pricing information is not publicly available and requires direct inquiry.
The company is also offering "on-orbit research opportunities" for scientists to conduct studies aimed at facilitating life in space and on other planets, utilizing its Dragon and Starship vehicles.
While SpaceX's ambitions are grand, including future colonization, the more distant missions rely on the further development and successful testing of its Starship spacecraft.

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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.