Company Information Founded in 1998, Space Adventures Ltd. is the world's leading space tourism, entertainment, and event-production company delivering the public opportunities to experience space today.
Programs Orbital Flights  Space Adventures is the only company to have launched clients to the International Space Station, and has the only commercial orbital space flight opportunities available today Sub-Orbital Flights  Space Adventures is the only company developing a passenger sub-orbital space program, with licensed passenger flights to launch in the 2006-2007 time frame. Spaceflight Training  Space Adventures offers a variety of training experiences that can either be booked separately or together as part of a qualification program. Space-related Flight Adventures  'Zero Gravity' parabolic flights as well as high-performance, altitude, and G-force jet flights. Clients Space Adventures client base spans markets across the spectrum - from individual adventurers, to corporate buyers, to media firms, to family adventurers. Clients include: Individual Adventurers  The world's first space tourist, American businessman Dennis Tito flew to the International Space Station in April 2001. In April 2002, South African Internet tycoon Mark Shuttleworth became the company's second client to visit the orbiting outpost.
 The world's first space tourist, American businessman Dennis Tito flew to the International Space Station in April 2001. In April 2002, South African Internet tycoon Mark Shuttleworth became the company's second client to visit the orbiting outpost. Corporate Buyers  Major sponsorship and promotional corporate clients have included First USA Bank, Dole Foods, Pepsi, Nokia, US Airways, Lufthansa, Pizza Hut, Zed, Dr. Pepper, Delta Air Lines, Penzoil/Quakerstate, Red Letter Days, Espial, CNET, Gillette, WeCU, SpaceDisk, Sweepsclub.com, Gamers.com, Travelocity.com, British-American Tobacco, and Taco Bell.
 Major sponsorship and promotional corporate clients have included First USA Bank, Dole Foods, Pepsi, Nokia, US Airways, Lufthansa, Pizza Hut, Zed, Dr. Pepper, Delta Air Lines, Penzoil/Quakerstate, Red Letter Days, Espial, CNET, Gillette, WeCU, SpaceDisk, Sweepsclub.com, Gamers.com, Travelocity.com, British-American Tobacco, and Taco Bell. Media & Celebrity Clients  Two of our many celebrity clientele include James Cameron (Director, Titanic, Terminator) and fashion designer Isabell Kristensen; in addition to television clients 60 minutes Granada Media, BBC, Pioneer Productions, Hat Trick Productions, and Endemol Entertainment. Strategic Partners & Relationships Space Adventures has consistently partnered with industry leaders to expand the company's reach worldwide, as well develop new programs and products: Global Sales Network  Space Adventures' maintains an international reseller network with agent offices in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Turkey, and the UK.
 Space Adventures' maintains an international reseller network with agent offices in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Turkey, and the UK. Industry Partners  Space Adventures has partnered in various capacities with several leading existing and start-up aerospace organizations such as XCOR Aerospace and the Mysichyev Design Bureau (designers of the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran), and several others which remain confidential.
 Space Adventures has partnered in various capacities with several leading existing and start-up aerospace organizations such as XCOR Aerospace and the Mysichyev Design Bureau (designers of the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran), and several others which remain confidential. Government Partners  Space Adventures has worked hard to develop top-level relationships with key international government agencies including NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Transportation (USA); The Russian Space Agency, RSC Energia, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center; in addition Ministry of Science & Industry in Australia and JAXA and ESA, the Japanese and European Space Agencies, respectively Media & Publicity Throughout 2001, 2002, and 2003, Space Adventures received over 1.5 billion worldwide media impressions from sources far and wide: Articles profiling Space Adventures have appeared recently in Forbes, The Robb Report, USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Financial Times, and Newsweek.
and Space Adventures staff have appeared regularly on CBS, MSNBC, CNN, the Discovery Channel, the Travel Channel, and FOX News Network.
Accesses to the Space Adventures website topped over 1 million per month during 2001, and in March of 2002 reached over 1 million per week.
Binnen der nächsten 15 bis 25 Jahre hält ein japanischer Experte einen Massentourismus in den Weltraum für möglich. Die Aussage stammt von Robert Alexander Goehlich von der Universität in Yokohama auf der Internationalen Tourismusbörse in Berlin. Die Nachrichtenagentur dpa zitiert den deutschen Astronauten Ulf Merbold mit den Worten: „Ich wünsche jedem, dass er einen Weltraumflug mal miterleben kann.“ 

In diesem Zusammenhang wird ein Angebot der Firma „Thomas Kraus, InterNet-Handel & Reiseveranstaltung“ aus Bonn zitiert. Diese würde für 13.000 Euro Flüge in einer Mig 25 bis auf eine Höhe von 26 Kilometern anbieten. Gemäß dem Agentur-Chef ist der Himmel dort bereits schwarz. Ein Blick auf die Internetseite des Unternehmens zeigt jedoch, dass ein solcher Flug 10.000 Euro (und nicht 13.000) Euro kostet, der Werbetext dort bestätigt aber: „Sie sehen deutlich die Erdkrümmung und das tiefe Schwarz des Weltalls.“

Allerdings handelt es sich dabei aber nicht um den so genannten Weltraumtourismus. Erst ab einer Höhe von 100 Kilometern beginnt nämlich laut Definition der Fédération Aéronautique Internationale mit Sitz in Lausanne der Weltraum. Mit Abstand der führende Anbieter ist die Firma Space Adventures, Ltd., die im Jahr 1998 gegründet wurde. Diese bietet Flüge zur Internationalen Raumstation (ISS) für 20.000.000 US-Dollar und Suborbitalflüge für 102.000 US-Dollar an. Erst am 8. März wurde in einem Wikinews-Artikel unter dem Titel Daisuke Enomoto fliegt als vierter Weltraum-Tourist zur ISS der nächste Weltraum-Tourist vermeldet.