Top 6 Space Tourism startups

Mar 05, 2025 | By Boris Maslennikov

These startups enable zero-gravity experiences, suborbital flights, space habitat development, Earth observation from space, space travel training programs, etc.
1
Country: UK | Funding: $1.3B
Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceline that develops commercial spacecrafts.
2
Country: China | Funding: CN¥1.2B
Deep Blue Aerospace is a commercial carrier rocket developer.
3
Country: USA | Funding: $185.4M
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $65.1M
Space Perspective is a space travel company that provides an accessible carbon-neutral spaceflight experience.
5
Country: USA
Vast is a pioneer in space habitation technologies focused on expanding humanity across the solar system.
6
Country: Spain | Funding: €1.5M
HALO Space provides sustainable Near Space Balloon Tourism
Editor: Boris Maslennikov
Boris Maslennikov is a senior editor for Space-Startups. He has spent more than a decade covering the global space industry as a business journalist. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. In his free time, Boris enjoys studying history and mathematics, with a particular interest in the history of mathematics. You can contact Boris at borismaslenikov(at)space-startups(dot)com