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Holiday in space?? How does it sound? Exciting much? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, this idea is now a reality! Space tourism is not a science fiction anymore. It has been made possible to travel to the edge of space for the surreal experience of a lifetime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You better get ready for some space selfies \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, professional astronauts were the only ones to reach the stars, but with the emergence of private space travel companies like Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX, space tourism is officially open for business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Space Tourism? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A thrilling addition to the travel and tourism industry, space tourism gives tourists the rare opportunity to travel to space; an exclusive domain of professional astronauts, for adventure and recreational purposes, visit space museums, go stargazing or watch rocket launch. For many, reaching to the stars was nothing short of a dream, but 2021 marked the year of this dream being a little more achievable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billionaire Richard Branson who rocketed into space aboard a Virgin Galactic vessel, a voyage he described as the \u201cexperience of a lifetime”. Other space tourists have described their space travel experience as, “viewing the earth from space is simply out of the world, it’s unparalleled”. The downside is that, it can only be experienced by a handful and is out of reach for the majority. At the cost of nearly $50 million per trip, this is ultra-aspirational space tourism of the highest order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interesting read<\/strong>: A Timeline of the significant moments in the history of Space Tourism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brief History of Space Tourism <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The concept of space tourism is not new and dates back to the 1960s. On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel to space on a 108-minute orbital flight aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. Later, on May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard became the first American and second man to travel into space during a 15-minute suborbital flight, aboard a Mercury redstone rocket named Freedom 7 capsule. Thereafter, in 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin became the first human beings to walk on the moon. Since 2000, several affluent space tourists have spent a fortune to fly into space. In April 2001, a wealthy businessman Dennis Tito became the first ever \u2018space tourist\u2019 to visit space as a fare paying customer and spent close to 80 days onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The space ticket cost him nearly $20 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the period from 2001 to 2009, seven civilians took joy rides aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to ISS and back. These trips were brokered by Space Adventures, a US based private company and the published price was in the range of US$20\u201325million per trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 2021 saw billionaires Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Yusaku Maezawa take off to the skies in a marvellous leap for the space tourism industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Till date, nearly 580 other people have been to space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Types of Space Tourism Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n