10 Facts About Space tourism

Russian orbital Space tourism eventually resumed with the launch of Soyuz MS-20 in 2021.

An Artist in Space tourism program was considered, and NASA expected that after McAuliffe's flight two to three civilians a year would fly on the shuttle.

Virginia-based Space tourism Adventures has worked with Russia to use its Soyuz spacecraft to fly ultra-wealthy individuals to the International Space tourism Station.

Since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011, Soyuz became the only means of accessing the ISS, and so tourism was put on hold.

Under the Outer Space tourism Treaty signed in 1967, the launch operator's nationality and the launch site's location determine which country is responsible for any damages occurred from a launch.

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Space tourism has said that if the distinction has to be made, he would rather be called "private astronaut" than "tourist".

On 14 October 2021, Prince William suggested that entrepreneurs should focus on saving Earth rather than engaging in space tourism and warned about a rise in "climate anxiety" among younger generations.

UniGalactic Space Travel Magazine is a bi-monthly educational publication covering space tourism and space exploration developments in companies like SpaceX, Orbital Sciences, Virgin Galactic and organizations like NASA.

Classes in space tourism are currently taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, and Keio University in Japan.

In 2011 Space tourism Adventures suggested that this number could reach 140 by 2020, but with commercial crewed rockets only just beginning to enter service, such numbers have yet to be achieved.