List of billionaire spacetravellers

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

List

Key
Color Value
  Flown
  Currently in space
  Scheduled future flight
  1. ↑ In 2025, Isaacman was confirmed as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  2. ↑ 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

References

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  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.
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  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 X (formerly Twitter).
  24. ↑ Rogge, Rabea [@rprogge] (27 November 2024). "We just completed another round of training!" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 March 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).