The Soviet space program was successful in broadening the pool of cosmonauts. The Soviet Intercosmos program included cosmonauts selected from Warsaw Pact member countries (Czechoslovakia, Poland, East Germany,

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Successful projects
• Scaled Composites won the $10 million X Prize in October 2004 with SpaceShipOne, as the first private company to reach and surpass an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) twice within two weeks. The altitude is beyond the

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As of 2021, Space Adventures and SpaceX are the only companies to have coordinated tourism flights to Earth's orbit. Virginia-based Space Adventures has worked with Russia to use its Soyuz spacecraft to fly ultra-wealthy individuals to the International Space

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Under the Outer Space Treatysigned in 1967, the launch operator's nationality and the launch site's location determine which country is responsible for

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Many private space travelers have objected to the term space tourist, often pointing out that their role went beyond that of an observer, since

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A 2018 survey from the PEW Research Center identifies the top three motivations for a customer to purchase a flight into space as:
• To

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Ongoing projects
• In February 2017, Elon Muskannounced that substantial deposits from two individuals had been

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