Tickets for space tourism on sale, first trip in 2027
- 10/31/2024
- 155 Day

Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace has
started selling tickets for space tourism.
Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace announced that it
will start providing suborbital space tourism services in 2027. The company
sold two tickets for 1.5 million yuan (210 thousand dollars) each for the
suborbital expedition.
China's Deep Blue Aerospace said the crewed spacecraft
has six panoramic windows, can carry six passengers and is designed to be used
more than 50 times. The spacecraft, which has a height of about 4 meters and a
maximum diameter of 3.5 meters, has a take-off weight of 7.9 tons.
The company also reported that the flights will last
about 12 minutes, during which time the spacecraft will reach an altitude of
100 kilometers, but will not enter orbit.
