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Program archive
From Dennis Tito in 2001 through Guy Laliberté in 2009—and again with Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano in 2021—privately arranged Soyuz seats opened the International to short-duration participants outside traditional astronaut corps.
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Choose a path through the Space Adventures archive.
Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.
The turning points that shaped this program and its legacy.
2001 · First privately funded orbital visitorSoyuz TM-32Dennis Tito flew to the ISS on the first Soyuz taxi mission of the station era.Explore milestone →
2002 · First African citizen in spaceSoyuz TM-34Mark Shuttleworth combined a private flight with scientific and educational work.1-year leapExplore milestone →
2007 · Simonyi's first missionSoyuz TMA-10Charles Simonyi began the first two-flight private orbital career.5-year leapExplore milestone →
2021 · Dedicated visitor flightSoyuz MS-20Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano revived privately arranged Soyuz station visits.14-year leapExplore milestone →All 9 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.
Launch corridor
9 flights and tests compressed into 1 expandable arc.