Nasa to Open International Space Station to Tourists

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Private astronauts will be permitted up to 30 days’ travel to the ISS

Nasa is to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020, priced at $35,000 (£27,500) per night. Nasa said that private astronauts would be permitted to travel to the ISS for up to 30 days, travelling on US spacecraft. Nasa had previously banned any commercial use of the space station and prohibited astronauts from taking part in for-profit research.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk