List of billionaire spacetravellers

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List of billionaire space travellers

This is a list of billionaire (USD) space travellers.^[1][2]

List

Key

Color	Value
	Flown
	Currently in space
	Scheduled future flight

	Billionaire		Spaceflight	Launch Date	Arrival Date	Notes
	Dennis Tito		Space Adventures / MirCorp ISS EP-1 (Soyuz TM-32/TM-31)	28 April 2001	6 May 2001	First billionaire in space, orbital space; first space tourist to the International Space Station		[3][1][4]
	Mark Shuttleworth		Space Adventures ISS EP-3 (Soyuz TM-34/TM-33)	25 April 2002	2 May 2002	First insured space tourist; First South African, first person from Africa in space, orbital space; second space tourist to the International Space Station		[3][1][5][6][7][8]
	Charles Simonyi		Space Adventures Soyuz TMA-10/TMA-9	7 April 2007	21 April 2007	First spaceflight	First two-time space tourist	[9]	[3][10]
			Space Adventures Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12	26 March 2009	8 April 2009	Second spaceflight		[11]
	Guy Laliberté		Space Adventures Soyuz TMA-16/TMA-14	30 September 2009	11 October 2009	First Canadian space tourist; Last space tourist before the U.S. STS Space Shuttle programme shut down, and increase in long-term ISS crew to 6, leading to a decade without space tourist flights to the ISS		[3][1][12][13]
	Richard Branson		Virgin Galactic Unity 22	11 July 2021	11 July 2021	First billionaire to fly in his own spacecraft into space, above the 80km McDowell line to suborbital space; First fully occupied SpaceShipTwo flight		[2][14][15]
	Jeff Bezos		Blue Origin NS-16	20 July 2021	20 July 2021	First billionaire to fly in his own spacecraft above the 100km Karman line into suborbital space; First wholly commercial civilian flightcrew-less flight into space, suborbital space; First crewed Blue Origin launch		[2][14][15][16]
	Jared Isaacman		SpaceX Shift4 Inspiration4	15 September 2021	18 September 2021	First wholly commercial civilian flightcrew-less flight into orbital space; Fourth crewed SpaceX launch		[2]
			SpaceX Polaris program Polaris Dawn	10 September 2024	15 September 2024	First flight from the Polaris program.		[17]
	Yusaku Maezawa		Space Adventures Soyuz MS-20	8 December 2021	20 December 2021	First spaceflight		[2]	[18]
	Larry Connor		Axiom/SpaceX Ax-1	08 April 2022	09 April 2022		First flight for AxiomSpace, first private spaceflight to the International Space Station	[14][19][20]
	Eytan Stibbe							First Israeli space tourist. Second Israeli in space, orbital space.	[14][19][21]
	John Shoffner		Axiom/SpaceX Ax-2	21 May 2023	31 May 2023			[22]
	/ [a] Chun Wang		Fram2	1 April 2025	4 April 2025	First polar retrograde orbit human spaceflight mission,[23] i.e., to fly over Earth's poles.		[24]

1. ↑ 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 the flag of Malta on his spacesuit during the spaceflight.

See also

• Billionaire space race
• List of billionaires
• List of astronauts

References

1. 1 2 3 4 Delia Marinescu (8 June 2021). "A Very Brief History of Billionaires Going to Space". Slate.
2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Billionaire tycoons set for joyrides to space". The Straits Times. 12 July 2021.
3. 1 2 3 4 John Uri (30 April 2020). "Space Station 20th: Space Flight Participants". NASA Johnson Space Center: NASA History. NASA.
4. ↑ Joel Achenbach (20 November 2013). "Billionaire plans manned flyby mission to Mars". The Toronto Star.
5. ↑ Will Knight (20 April 2002). ""Space tourist" insists on pioneering role". New Scientist.
6. ↑ Steve Ranger (19 January 2017). "How Mark Shuttleworth became the first African in space and launched a software revolution". Tech Republic.
7. ↑ "South African to Become First Insured Space Tourist". Bloomberg. 24 April 2002.
8. ↑ "SA billionaire Shuttleworth loses R250 million tax case". BusinessTech. RDM News. 18 June 2015.
9. ↑ Maria Danilova (21 April 2007). "Space billionaire returns to Earth". NBC News. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.
10. ↑ Jordan Novet (27 February 2020). "Microsoft 71-year-old billionaire Charles Simonyi still goes to work". CNBC.
11. ↑ Clara Moskowitz (24 March 2009). "U.S. Billionaire Set For 2nd Trip to Space". SPACE.com.
12. ↑ Steven Bertoni (9 June 2011). "Why Cirque Du Soleil Billionaire Guy Laliberte Traveled To Space". Forbes.
13. ↑ CBC News (4 June 2009). "Cirque du Soleil founder to become 1st Canadian space tourist". CBC.
14. 1 2 3 4 Joey Roulette (26 January 2021). "Axiom names first private crew paying $55 million for a trip to the ISS". The Verge.
15. 1 2 Chelsea Gohd (12 July 2021). "Virgin Galactic Launches Richard Branson to Space in First Fully Crewed Flight of VSS Unity". Scientific American.
16. ↑ Elliot Santiago (20 July 2021). "Jeff Bezos and the Blue Origin Crew Successfully Complete Their Flight to Space". hypebeast.
17. ↑ "Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceX". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
18. ↑ Marcia Dunn (14 May 2021). "Japanese tycoon to warm up for his trip to the Moon by going to the International Space Station". STUFF.co.nz.
19. 1 2 Christian Davenport (26 January 2021). "Meet the people paying $55 million each to fly to the space station". The Washington Post.
20. ↑ Katie Kapusta (27 February 2021). "Meet Larry Connor — The Man Piloting First-Ever Private Mission to the International Space Station". Spectrum News 1.
21. ↑ Hagai Amit; Shuki Sadeh (17 November 2020). "Made Millions in Africa, Taking Tom Cruise's Seat: Meet Eytan Stibbe, Billionaire Israeli Space Passenger". Haaretz.
22. ↑ Christian Davenport (26 May 2021). "Billionaire is latest to buy trip to space". The National Post.
23. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan [@planet4589] (1 April 2025). "First Space Force orbit data for Fram-2 out , showing it in a 202 x 413 km x 90.01 deg orbit" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
24. ↑ Rogge, Rabea [@rprogge] (27 November 2024). "We just completed another round of training!" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 March 2025 – via Twitter.

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