Chinese space tourism startup eyes 2028 for 1st crewed mission, signs celebrity for future flight
Space • • business
Key Points:
- Chinese space company InterstellOr has unveiled a full-scale experimental version of its CYZ1 crew capsule, designed for suborbital tourism flights that provide a few minutes of microgravity above the Kármán Line (100 km altitude).
- The company aims to begin crewed flights by 2028 and is currently accepting bookings, with ticket prices around 3 million yuan (approximately US$430,000) and a 10% deposit required to reserve a seat.
- Chinese actor Johnny Huang Jingyu has signed up as the first celebrity space tourist with InterstellOr, becoming passenger 009, while Chinese-American poet Lin Xiaoyan is slated to be the first overseas Chinese female astronaut.
- InterstellOr’s approach parallels
