Editing Space tourism (section)

=== Ongoing projects ===
* [[Axiom Space]] uses [[Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]] flights contracted with [[SpaceX]] to send crews to the International Space Station.<ref name="Sheetz 2021">{{cite web|last=Sheetz|first=Michael|date=June 2, 2021|title=Axiom Space expands SpaceX private crew launch deal, with four total missions to the space station|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/axiom-space-expands-spacex-deal-for-private-crew-launches-to-iss-.html|website=CNBC|access-date=August 2, 2022|archive-date=May 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529151534/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/axiom-space-expands-spacex-deal-for-private-crew-launches-to-iss-.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ax-2 Overview">{{cite web|url=https://www.axiomspace.com/#overview|title=Axiom-2 Official Overview|website=Axiom Space|access-date=June 18, 2023|archive-date=January 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195711/https://www.axiomspace.com/#overview|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Axiom Mission 1|Mission 1]] flew in April 2022, [[Axiom Mission 2|Mission 2]] flew in May 2023 and [[Axiom Mission 3|Mission 3]] flew in January 2024. A fourth mission is planned for October 2024. Through these missions, NASA hopes to create a non-NASA market for human spaceflight to enable cost-sharing on future commercial space stations.
* The [[Boeing Starliner]] capsule is being developed as part of the NASA's [[Commercial Crew Program]]. Part of the agreement with NASA allows Boeing to sell seats for space tourists. Boeing proposed including one seat per flight for a [[spaceflight participant]] at a price that would be competitive with what Roscosmos charges tourists.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/boeing-space-idUSL1N0RI2XY20140917 |title=Boeing's 'space taxi' includes seat for a tourist |work=Reuters |first=Irene |last=Klotz |date=September 17, 2014 |access-date=August 6, 2015 |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316191051/http://www.reuters.com/article/boeing-space-idUSL1N0RI2XY20140917 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/boeing-space-taxi-has-tourist-seat-1.2770088 |title=Boeing space taxi has tourist seat |website=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |agency=Thomson Reuters |date=September 18, 2014 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-date=January 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108190620/http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/boeing-space-taxi-has-tourist-seat-1.2770088 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The [[Polaris Program]]: The commander and financier of the Inspiration4 mission, [[Jared Isaacman]], announced plans for a three-mission program called Polaris in February 2022. The first mission, [[Polaris Dawn]], launched four private astronauts in a [[Crew Dragon]] spacecraft to earth orbit. Polaris Dawn was a free-flyer mission in which the spacecraft did not perform any rendezvous maneuvers, instead setting the all-time earth orbit altitude record at 1,400&nbsp;km, surpassing the 1,373&nbsp;km record set by [[Gemini XI]]. Polaris Dawn also included the first private [[extravehicular activity]] (EVA). The last Polaris program mission is planned to be the first crewed flight of the in-development Starship launch system.