The curve of the Earth and the black of space through an oval spacecraft cabin window
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Sky and Space · Virgin Galactic · Axiom Space

The curve of the Earth, from your own window.

Two ways up: a suborbital flight to the edge of space, or a private mission to the space station.

There are two ways up, and both end at a window.

A suborbital flight with Virgin Galactic climbs beneath its carrier aircraft, is released, and rockets to the edge of space: minutes of weightlessness, the black above, the bright curve of the Earth below.

An Axiom mission goes further: a SpaceX Dragon to the International Space Station and a stay of about two weeks in orbit, after months of training. About four seats fly on each mission.

A spaceplane fires its rocket motor high above the clouds, seen from a boom camera on its tail
Photo © Virgin Galactic
A SpaceX Dragon capsule approaches the space station high above white clouds over the Indian Ocean
The Approach

The approach that only a few have seen.

A Dragon capsule closing on the station high above the clouds of the Indian Ocean: the last minutes before docking.

  1. ILaunchFlorida, on a Falcon 9.
  2. IIOrbitSixteen sunrises a day.
  3. IIIThe approachClosing on the station.
  4. IVDockingThe hatch opens.
Placeholder · Cesium 3D fly-in Photo: NASA Johnson Space Center, public domain
A sample itinerary

The shape of the journey.

Your advisor shapes the real one around your family, your dates and the season.

  1. Step 1

    Application

    Your advisor prepares the application and the US$1,000 fee for Virgin Galactic, or opens the conversation with Axiom.

  2. Step 2

    Medical review

    A medical review with the operator's team, arranged around your calendar.

  3. Step 3

    Training

    Training in the days before flight at Spaceport America, New Mexico; months of training for an Axiom mission.

  4. Step 4

    Flight day

    The climb, the release, the burn, and the minutes of weightlessness at the top of the arc.

  5. Step 5

    After

    Family on the runway, your astronaut wings, and a Memory Reel from the flight.

Begin your journey

When shall we begin?

Tell us who is travelling and when. Your advisor will write with the first thoughts, and the concierge will show you the place.

Begin your journey