Space Tourism Society

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The Space Tourism Society is a California 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1996 by John Spencer, a former member of the board of directors of the National Space Society,^[1] with the goal of promoting space tourism.^[2]

The STS is based in the US and has chapters in Japan, Norway, Canada, Malaysia, India, Russia, and the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]} It is an organization member of the Alliance for Space Development.^[3]

Members

As of July 2013^[update], the president of the society, John Spencer, is designing a 91 metres (300 ft) space yacht aimed at cruising in Earth orbit.^[4]

References

^ "John Spencer Biography - National Space Society". 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
^ "About the Society". Space Tourism Society. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
^ ASD Members, Alliance for Space Development, 26 January 2015, retrieved March 4, 2015
^ Dietrich-Egensteiner, Will (2013-07-23). "Here's What Your $5 Billion Space Yacht Could Look Like". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2013-07-30.

External links

Official website

Space tourism

Organizations

Active	Axiom Space Bigelow Aerospace Blue Origin Airbus D&S Mojave Aerospace Ventures Orbital Technologies PDAS Redwire Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Adventures The Spaceship Company SpaceX #dearMoon project Virgin Galactic CAS Space ARCA Association of Autonomous Astronauts Astronaute Club Européen Commercial Spaceflight Federation Copenhagen Suborbitals Space Frontier Foundation Space Tourism Society
Defunct	Armadillo Aerospace Canadian Arrow Golden Spike Company MirCorp Orion Span PlanetSpace RocketShip Tours Space Island Group (Space Island Project) XCOR Aerospace

Active

Defunct

Armadillo Aerospace
Canadian Arrow
Golden Spike Company
MirCorp
Orion Span
PlanetSpace
RocketShip Tours
Space Island Group (Space Island Project)
XCOR Aerospace

Vehicles

Current
- Soyuz
- Dragon 2
- New Shepard
- SpaceShipTwo
Future

Living in space

Space competitions

Space tourists

Past	Dennis Tito Mark Shuttleworth Gregory Olsen Anousheh Ansari Charles Simonyi Richard Garriott Guy Laliberté Oliver Daemen Jared Isaacman Sian Proctor Hayley Arceneaux Christopher Sembroski Yusaku Maezawa Yozo Hirano Larry Connor Mark Pathy Eytan Stibbe John Shoffner

Space tourism
missions

Past	Inspiration4 Blue Origin NS-16 Blue Origin NS-18 Blue Origin NS-19 Blue Origin NS-20 Blue Origin NS-21 Blue Origin NS-22 Galactic 02 Galactic 03 Galactic 04 Galactic 05 Galactic 06 Axiom-1 Axiom-2
Planned	Polaris Dawn dearMoon