{
  "name": "Space Tourism Price Index",
  "description": "A curated compilation of publicly available commercial-spaceflight pricing, verified against official operator sources and maintained by Outer Space Trip.",
  "publisher": "Outer Space Trip",
  "url": "https://outerspacetrip.com/guides/space-tourism-price-index/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "license_note": "CC BY 4.0 applies to this compilation (its selection, arrangement, dating, and maintenance). The underlying prices are public facts sourced from operators; each figure carries its own source.",
  "attribution": "Compiled by Outer Space Trip (outerspacetrip.com)",
  "currency": "USD",
  "basis": "Per seat unless noted. Lunar and Mars figures are projections, not quotes.",
  "last_verified": "2026-07-01",
  "operators": [
    {
      "operator": "World View",
      "key": "worldview",
      "tier": "Stratospheric balloon",
      "price_display": "$50K",
      "price_compact": "$50K",
      "price_prose": "$50,000",
      "flight_length": "6–8 hours",
      "status": "Paused",
      "method": "published",
      "status_note": "World View missed its 2024 commercial launch target and was acquired by Ondas Inc. (a defense and industrial technology company) on April 1, 2026. Under new ownership, World View is pivoting toward defense and intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance (ISR) missions; no new commercial passenger launch date has been announced. Its $50,000 fare and reservation page remain published.",
      "source_label": "Ondas IR / worldview.space",
      "source_url": "https://ir.ondas.com/press-releases/detail/298/ondas-completes-acquisition-of-world-view-enterprises",
      "verified": "2026-06-29"
    },
    {
      "operator": "Space Perspective",
      "key": "spaceperspective",
      "tier": "Stratospheric balloon",
      "price_display": "~$125K",
      "price_compact": "~$125K",
      "price_prose": "$125,000",
      "flight_length": "~6 hours",
      "status": "Paused",
      "method": "published",
      "status_note": "Space Perspective never operated a single crewed passenger flight. The company furloughed most staff in January 2025, was evicted from its Florida spaceport in April 2025, and was acquired by Spain's Eos X Space in July 2025 — voiding all prior reservations. It is rebooting under new ownership with ticket sales currently on hold. $125,000 was the last publicly listed fare; new pricing under Eos X Space has not been confirmed by a primary or top-tier source.",
      "source_label": "Space.com / Eos X Space acquisition",
      "source_url": "https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/troubled-balloon-tourism-pioneer-space-perspective-bought-by-spanish-company",
      "verified": "2026-06-29"
    },
    {
      "operator": "Zephalto",
      "key": "zephalto",
      "tier": "Stratospheric balloon",
      "price_display": "~$184K",
      "price_compact": "~$184K",
      "price_prose": "$184,000",
      "flight_length": "~6 hours",
      "status": "Pre-launch",
      "method": "published",
      "status_note": "French luxury balloon startup targeting first public flights in 2026, lifting passengers to 25 km in its pressurized Celeste capsule (six guests, six hours, with fine dining and panoramic views). Tickets are on sale at approximately €170,000 per seat (~$184,000); pre-booking deposit is €34,000. Partnered with France's national space agency, CNES.",
      "source_label": "zephalto.com / Space.com",
      "source_url": "https://www.space.com/space-balloon-luxury-tourism-french-startup",
      "verified": "2026-06-29"
    },
    {
      "operator": "Blue Origin",
      "key": "blueorigin",
      "tier": "Suborbital",
      "price_display": "~$150K–$450K*",
      "price_compact": "~$150K–$450K",
      "price_prose": "$150,000 to $450,000",
      "flight_length": "~11 min",
      "status": "Paused",
      "method": "estimate",
      "status_note": "NS-38 (January 22, 2026) was New Shepard's last tourist flight. On January 30, 2026, Blue Origin announced a pause of at least two years to concentrate resources on the Blue Moon lunar lander program for NASA. The price range shown reflects the most recently reported per-seat figures from the active program.",
      "source_label": "TechCrunch / Blue Origin",
      "source_url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/blue-origin-pauses-space-tourism-flights-to-focus-on-the-moon/",
      "verified": "2026-06-29"
    },
    {
      "operator": "Virgin Galactic",
      "key": "virgingalactic",
      "tier": "Suborbital",
      "price_display": "$750K",
      "price_compact": "$750K",
      "price_prose": "$750,000",
      "flight_length": "~90 min",
      "status": "Paused",
      "method": "published",
      "status_note": "Virgin Galactic is between fleets: VSS Unity is retired and the new Delta-class spaceplane is in ground testing. Glide flights are expected in Q3 2026, with first commercial spaceflights targeting Q4 2026. Ticket sales reopened in April 2026 at $750,000 per seat, above the prior $600,000 fare.",
      "source_label": "The Register / Aviation News EU",
      "source_url": "https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/virgin_galactic_ticket_sales/",
      "verified": "2026-06-29"
    },
    {
      "operator": "Deep Blue Aerospace",
      "key": "deepblue",
      "tier": "Suborbital",
      "price_display": "~$210K",
      "price_compact": "~$210K",
      "price_prose": "$210,000",
      "flight_length": "~12 min",
      "status": "Pre-launch",
      "method": "reported",
      "status_note": "Chinese startup Deep Blue Aerospace presold its first two suborbital tickets in an October 2024 Taobao livestream at 1.5 million yuan (~$210,000) per seat, for a reusable six-passenger crew capsule reaching 100–150 km altitude with roughly five minutes of weightlessness. The company is running uncrewed test flights through 2026, with commercial suborbital tourism targeted to begin in 2027; no paying passenger has flown yet.",
      "source_label": "SpaceNews / Space.com",
      "source_url": "https://spacenews.com/chinas-deep-blue-aerospace-reveals-suborbital-tourism-plans/",
      "verified": "2026-07-01"
    },
    {
      "operator": "Vast Space",
      "key": "vast",
      "tier": "Orbital / commercial station",
      "price_display": "By quote",
      "flight_length": "~14 days",
      "status": "Pre-launch",
      "method": "broker",
      "status_note": "Haven-1, Vast’s commercial space station, is targeting a Q1 2027 launch after delays from the original 2026 target. NASA selected Vast for its sixth private astronaut mission to the ISS (NET summer 2027, announced February 2026). France and the UK have signed agreements for seats. Vast closed a $500 million funding round in March 2026. The first crewed station mission (Vast-1) follows Haven-1’s launch. No public per-seat fare; seats are sold by direct inquiry at fly@vastspace.com.",
      "source_label": "vastspace.com / NASA / Payload Space",
      "source_url": "https://www.vastspace.com/haven-1",
      "verified": "2026-06-29"
    },
    {
      "operator": "Space Adventures",
      "key": "spaceadventures",
      "tier": "Orbital (broker)",
      "price_display": "Tens of $M",
      "flight_length": "~10 days",
      "status": "Paused",
      "method": "broker",
      "status_note": "Space Adventures has no active orbital tourism bookings: its Soyuz-to-ISS program has been dormant since its last tourist flight in 2021, with seat availability constrained as Russia winds down ISS participation.",
      "source_label": "Wikipedia / Space Adventures",
      "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Adventures",
      "verified": "2026-06-29"
    },
    {
      "operator": "Axiom Space",
      "key": "axiom",
      "tier": "Orbital / ISS",
      "price_display": "~$55M",
      "price_compact": "~$55M",
      "price_prose": "$55 million",
      "flight_length": "10–14 days",
      "status": "Flying",
      "method": "reported",
      "status_note": "Ax-4 launched June 2025 and returned after 18 days aboard the ISS. NASA selected Axiom Space for Ax-5 in January 2026, targeting launch no earlier than January 2027. The ~$55 million per-seat figure derives from Ax-1 (2022) reporting; Axiom does not publish current pricing publicly.",
      "source_label": "NASA / axiomspace.com",
      "source_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-axiom-space-for-fifth-private-mission-to-space-station/",
      "verified": "2026-06-29"
    },
    {
      "operator": "SpaceX",
      "key": "spacex",
      "tier": "Orbital free-flight",
      "price_display": "Whole-capsule charter",
      "flight_length": "3–5 days",
      "status": "Flying",
      "method": "reported",
      "source_label": "SpaceX / Space.com",
      "source_url": "https://www.spacex.com/human-spaceflight/",
      "verified": "2026-06-29"
    }
  ],
  "tiers": [
    {
      "tier": "Stratospheric balloon",
      "range": "~$50K–$184K",
      "experience": "Hours at ~30 km; not technically space"
    },
    {
      "tier": "Suborbital",
      "range": "$150K–$750K",
      "experience": "Minutes of weightlessness above the boundary of space"
    },
    {
      "tier": "Orbital",
      "range": "$35M–$55M+",
      "experience": "Days circling Earth aboard a capsule or station"
    },
    {
      "tier": "Lunar flyby",
      "range": "$100M+ (est.)",
      "experience": "~A week around the Moon; not yet flown privately"
    },
    {
      "tier": "Mars",
      "range": "Not yet priced",
      "experience": "~2-year expedition; ~$500K is a long-term goal, not a fare"
    }
  ],
  "price_history": [
    {
      "year": "2001",
      "milestone": "Dennis Tito, first private orbital tourist (Soyuz to the ISS)",
      "price": "~$20M"
    },
    {
      "year": "2002–2009",
      "milestone": "Six more Soyuz orbital tourists, brokered by Space Adventures",
      "price": "~$20M–$35M"
    },
    {
      "year": "2021",
      "milestone": "Suborbital commercial service begins (Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic)",
      "price": "~$200K–$450K"
    },
    {
      "year": "2021",
      "milestone": "Blue Origin’s first seat, sold at charity auction",
      "price": "$28M"
    },
    {
      "year": "2022",
      "milestone": "Axiom Ax-1, first fully private mission to the ISS",
      "price": "~$55M"
    },
    {
      "year": "2026",
      "milestone": "Current suborbital range",
      "price": "~$150K–$750K"
    }
  ]
}