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"We plan for one of the participants to perform a spacewalk alongside a professional Russian astronaut. A civilian completing a spacewalk would be a major step forward in the aerospace industry," an Energia representative said.
Space Adventures does not list prices for this particular trip on its website. The company has previously partnered with Energia to send several wealthy tourists into space, including Dennis Tito, the first tourist to visit the ISS. Tito paid approximately $20 million for his 2001 space trip, so the cost of the 2023 space tour would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars.
According to Space Adventures, the round-trip orbital journey will include a 16-day stay on the ISS with "an unobstructed view of Earth." Travelers must undergo training in Russia before the trip.
In 2019, NASA announced it would allow the public to visit the ISS.
This is one of the space tourism trips planned for the next few years. Billionaire aviation mogul Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic recently signed an agreement with NASA for private space travel missions; and Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to send more tourists into space in the coming years.
Perhaps the most extravagant trip of all will be SpaceX's plan: to send a tourist around the moon on a Big Falcon rocket in 2023. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will undertake this trip with several other tourists; the cost of the experience has not been disclosed.
SpaceX also plans to send three people into space aboard its Crew Dragon spacecraft next year. The company successfully tested the spacecraft last month, proving it is a viable alternative to Russia's Soyuz spacecraft – currently the only means of reaching the ISS.
