List of billionaire spacetravellers
Appearance
| Industry | Space tourism |
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This compilation enumerates billionaire (USD) space travellers.[1][2]
List
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| Billionaire | Spaceflight | Launch Date | Return Date | Remarks | |||||
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| Template:Sort | Space Adventures / MirCorp ISS EP-1 (Soyuz TM-32/TM-31) | Template:Sort | Template:Sort | First billionaire and inaugural space tourist to orbit, visiting the International Space Station | |||||
| Template:Sort | Space Adventures ISS EP-3 (Soyuz TM-34/TM-33) | Template:Sort | Template:Sort | First insured space tourist; pioneer South African and African astronaut; second tourist to the ISS | |||||
| Template:Sort | Space Adventures Soyuz TMA-10/TMA-9 | Template:Sort | Template:Sort | Initial space journey | First individual to complete two space tourism flights | ||||
| Space Adventures Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 | Template:Sort | {{sort 2009-04-08 8 April 2009}} | Follow-up spaceflight | ||||||
| {{sort Laliberte, Guy {{flagicon Canada}} Guy Laliberté}} | Space Adventures Soyuz [[Soyuz TMA-16 TMA-16]]/[[Soyuz TMA-14 TMA-14]] | {{sort 2009-09-30 30 September 2009}} | {{sort 2009-10-11 11 October 2009}} | colspan=2 First Canadian space tourist; final tourist flight before the conclusion of the STS shuttle program and expansion of ISS crew, which halted tourist missions for ten years | |||||
| {{sort Branson, Richard {{flagicon UK}} Richard Branson}} | Virgin Galactic Unity 22 | {{sort 2021-07-11 11 July 2021}} | {{sort 2021-07-11 11 July 2021}} | colspan=2 First billionaire to pilot his own spacecraft on a suborbital trip surpassing McDowell line; inaugural fully crewed flight of SpaceShipTwo | |||||
| {{sort Bezos, Jeff Template:Flagicon USA Jeff Bezos}} | Blue Origin [[Blue Origin NS-16 NS-16]] | Template:Sort 2021-07-20 20 July 2021 | Template:Sort 2021-07-20 20 July 2021 | colspan=2 First billionaire to command his own vehicle beyond the Karman line; first crewed launch by Blue Origin; initial commercial civilian suborbital mission without professional astronauts aboard | |||||
| rowspan=2 | rowspan=2 {{sort Isaacman Jared Template:Flagicon USA Jared Isaacman}} | SpaceX Shift4 Payments Shift4 Inspiration4 | Template:Sort 2021-09-15 15 September 2021 | Template:Sort 2021-09-18 18 September 2021 | colspan=2 First fully commercial civilian orbital mission without professional astronauts; fourth crewed launch conducted by SpaceX | ||||
| SpaceX Polaris program Polaris Dawn | 10 September 2024 | 15 September 2024 | colspan=2 Initial mission under the Polaris program. | ||||||
| {{sort Maezawa Yusaku Template:Flagicon Japan Yusaku Maezawa}} | Space Adventures Soyuz MS-20 | Template:Sort 2021-12-08 8 December 2021 | Template:Sort 2021-12-20 20 December 2021 | Debut space voyage | |||||
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| {{sort Stibbe Eytan Template:Flagicon Israel Eytan Stibbe}} |
Israel’s first space tourist and second Israeli astronaut in orbit. |
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{{sort Shoffner John Template:Flagicon USA John Shoffner}}
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{{sort Wang Chun Template:Flagicon MaltaTemplate:Nnbsp/Template:NnbspTemplate:Flagicon Saint Kitts and NevisTemplate:Efn Wang was born in China but lives primarily in Svalbard and since 2023 is also a citizen of Malta and Saint Kitts and Nevis through their golden visa programs. He will wear Malta's flag on his spacesuit during flight. Chun Wang }}
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colspan="2" Mission marking the first polar retrograde human spaceflight. |
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See also
References
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- ↑ {{cite news url = https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2021/02/26/entrepreneur-prepares-for-trip-to-space - title = Meet Larry Connor — The Man Piloting First-Ever Private Mission to the International Space Station publisher = Spectrum News 1 author = Katie Kapusta date =27 February 2021 }}
- ↑ {{cite news url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-made-millions-in-africa-taking-tom-cruise-s-seat-israel-s-billionaire-space-passenger -1.9314160 title = Made Millions in Africa, Taking Tom Cruise's Seat: Meet Eytan Stibbe, Billionaire Israeli Space Passenger newspaper = Haaretz date =17 November 2020 author1 = Hagai Amit author2 = Shuki Sadeh }}
- ↑ Template:Cite news url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-national-edition/20210526/281573768605284 date=26 May 2021 newspaper="The National Post" author="Christian Davenport" title="Billionaire is latest to buy trip to space"
- ↑ {{Cite tweet first Jonathan last McDowell author-link Jonathan McDowell user planet4589 number1906922678067560513 title First Space Force orbit data for Fram‑2 out , showing it in a 202 x413 km x90.01 deg orbit note0.01° means it entered Retrograde orbit too}}
- ↑ Template:Cite tweet number1861772649870791005 user=rprogge title We just completed another round of training! first Rabea last Rogge author-link Rabea Rogge date27 November 2024 access-date10 March 2025