NASA to open space station to tourists from 2020

According to the space agency, NASA will allow tourists to visit the International Space Station. NASA is also opening up the ISS for "private astronaut missions of up to 30 days," it said, "with the first mission as early as 2020."

According to reports, Single trip will likely cost over $50 million, with NASA getting $35,000 for each night a private astronaut spends on the International Space Station.

There will be up to two short private astronaut missions per year, said Robyn Gatens, deputy director of the ISS.

.@Space_Station is open for commercial business! Watch @Astro_Christina talk about the steps we're taking to make our orbiting laboratory accessible to all Americans. pic.twitter.com/xLp2CpMC2x

— NASA (@NASA) June 7, 2019

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