4 Space Tourism Experiences You Can Book Today

1. Virgin Galactic — Suborbital Spaceflight Right now this is really the only suborbital ticket actively on sale. Virgin Galactic reopened ticket sales at $750,000 per seat, a sharp increase from the previous $600,000 price, with over 675 customers already waiting for their turn. Commercial flights are targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026. You get a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of Earth from ~86 km up, after roughly a day or two of training.

2. Blue Origin — New Shepard (waitlist/deposit only) You can't fly this year, but you can still get in line. Across 38 flights from 2021 to January 2026, New Shepard carried 98 humans above the Kármán line on fully automated 10-minute suborbital flights from Launch Site One in West Texas. However, on January 30, 2026, Blue Origin announced a pause of at least two years to redirect resources to its Blue Moon lunar lander for NASA's Artemis programme, though the company holds a multi-year customer backlog. Worth registering interest now for a future seat.

3. Axiom Space — Private Astronaut Missions to the ISS For a true orbital experience (days, not minutes) with a stay aboard the International Space Station. Axiom Space has operated four private astronaut missions (Ax-1 through Ax-4) to the ISS using SpaceX Crew Dragon, carrying both privately funded passengers and government-sponsored astronauts from nations like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, India, Hungary, and Poland, and Axiom Mission 5 is planned for early 2027. Ticket prices for an Axiom orbital mission run up to $55 million+.

4. Zero-G Parabolic Flights (a taste of weightlessness, bookable now) Not "space" by any definition, but genuinely bookable today for a fraction of the cost — a modified aircraft flies parabolic arcs to produce short bursts of true weightlessness, the same training method NASA has long used for astronaut prep. If your goal is "feel weightless" rather than "see the curvature of Earth," this is the realistic, immediate option.

None of this is a one-click purchase. The process involves an application, a medical evaluation, a substantial deposit, a liability waiver, and in many cases months of preparation before you ever reach the launch pad. Before putting down a deposit anywhere, get clear answers on the full refund policy, what triggers forfeiture of your deposit, and what happens if a new medical diagnosis disqualifies you before flight.