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Space Adventures

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commercialFounded 1998
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Soyuz MS-20 spent a week and a half at the International Space Station on a dedicated private astronaut flight brokered by Space Adventures.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductAug 18, 2025A museum exhibition on Japanese spaceflight

Space Adventures brokered the dedicated private astronaut flight of Soyuz MS-20 that visited the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductAug 18, 2025A museum exhibition on Japanese spaceflight

Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano launched to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket on 2021-12-08 in a flight brokered by the American space tourism company Space Adventures.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductDec 20, 2021Soyuz returns from private astronaut mission to the ISS

Space Adventures is planning another dedicated Soyuz mission to the International Space Station no earlier than 2023 that will include an option for a customer to perform a brief spacewalk.

Mentioned as: space adventuresTechnical ProductDec 20, 2021Soyuz returns from private astronaut mission to the ISS

Space Adventures is pursuing a second dedicated private flight to the ISS scheduled for no earlier than 2023 that would include the option for one private astronaut to perform a brief spacewalk.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralDec 8, 2021Soyuz launches Japanese private astronauts to ISS

From 2001 to 2009 Space Adventures flew seven people on eight trips to the International Space Station, including Charles Simonyi who flew twice.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductDec 8, 2021Soyuz launches Japanese private astronauts to ISS

A Soyuz spacecraft launched on 2021-12-08 carrying two Japanese private astronauts and a Roscosmos cosmonaut for Space Adventures.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralDec 8, 2021Soyuz launches Japanese private astronauts to ISS

Space Adventures last flew a customer to the International Space Station in 2009 because Soyuz seats were being used exclusively for crew rotations.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductOct 22, 2021Space Adventures no longer planning Crew Dragon flight

Space Adventures provided few updates after the February 2020 contract announcement about who had signed up for the flight and when the mission would launch.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralOct 22, 2021Space Adventures no longer planning Crew Dragon flight

In February 2020 Space Adventures signed a contract with SpaceX for a Crew Dragon mission that would not go to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductOct 22, 2021Space Adventures no longer planning Crew Dragon flight

The second Space Adventures mission to the International Space Station is scheduled for no earlier than 2023 and the company has not announced any customers for that mission.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralOct 22, 2021Space Adventures no longer planning Crew Dragon flight

Space Adventures flew a series of private astronauts to the International Space Station starting in 2001 using open seats on Soyuz missions.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductOct 22, 2021Space Adventures no longer planning Crew Dragon flight

Space Adventures announced a Crew Dragon mission in February 2020 that would spend several days in space at an orbital altitude about twice as high as the International Space Station, and the company has not provided an update on those Crew Dragon plans.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralSep 15, 2021Commercial spaceflight industry sees Inspiration4 as a pathfinder but not a model

Space Adventures announced in February 2020 an agreement with SpaceX for a Crew Dragon mission that would spend several days in orbit without visiting the International Space Station and initially planned the mission between late 2021 and mid-2022.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresOrg RelationshipJun 3, 2021Axiom Space purchases three Crew Dragon missions

Soyuz MS-20 will be the first Space Adventures-brokered tourist mission to the International Space Station since Guy Laliberté flew to the station in 2009.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductMay 13, 2021Japanese billionaire, Russian actress to fly to ISS

Sarah Brightman withdrew from a planned 2015 flight to the International Space Station that was arranged by Space Adventures.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralMay 13, 2021Japanese billionaire, Russian actress to fly to ISS

Space Adventures previously announced a Crew Dragon mission that would fly well above the station but has not provided schedule updates.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductMar 30, 2021Inspiration4 announces crew for private SpaceX Crew Dragon mission

Space Adventures and Roscosmos have contracts for two dedicated commercial Soyuz flights, with the first scheduled for December and the second planned for June 2023.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralJan 28, 2021Glavkosmos to sell seats on Soyuz missions

Space Adventures announced in 2019 that it would purchase a dedicated Soyuz flight to the ISS carrying two customers and one professional astronaut.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresNarrative GeneralJan 26, 2021Axiom announces crew for first private ISS mission

Space Adventures arranged flights of seven private individuals on eight Soyuz trips to the International Space Station between 2001 and 2009, with Charles Simonyi flying twice.

Mentioned as: Space AdventuresTechnical ProductJun 25, 2020Space Adventures signs contract for Soyuz flight with spacewalk option
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