Category: Orbital commercial astronauts
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Dennis Tito

Dennis Tito is an American engineer, businessman and entrepreneur who became in 2001 the first space tourist. He payed for his own trip into space and spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of the Soyuz TM-32/ISS EP-1 mission. During this mission he visited the International Space Station and performed several scientific experiments in orbit that he said were useful for his company and business. Dennis Tito holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Astronautics and Aeronautics from New York University and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute satellite campus in Hartford, Connecticut. He worked as an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where he helped to plan and monitor the Mariner 4 and 9 missions to Mars. In 1972, Tito founded the Wilshire Associates, a leading provider of investment management, consulting and technology services in California. Dennis Tito paid a reported $20 million for his space adventure. After his historic flight, Tito returned to his position at Wilshire Associates of which he sold his interests in 2020. On 12 October 2022, SpaceX announced that Dennis and his wife Akiko Tito will be on the crew of the second commercial spaceflight of Starship around the Moon.

Astronaut info

Country: Israel USA
Born: August 8, 1940
Career/Title:
  • Entrepreneur (founder of Wilshire Associates)
Space missions:
  • Soyuz TM-32 (2001)
Spacewalks 0
Time in space 07d 22h 04m
Website: /
Category: Orbital commercial astronauts
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Eytan Stibbe

Eytan Stibbe is a former Israeli fighter pilot, businessman and commercial astronaut. After he started his fighter pilot training course in 1976, Stibbe flew thousands of hours in Skyhawk, Phantom and F-16 fighter aircraft. During his time in the Israeli Air Force he was assigned to 117 Squadron flying F-16 fighter jets under the command of Colonel Ilan Ramon, who later became the first ever Israeli to fly in space aboard NASA's STS-107 space mission. He also served as a flight instructor at the Israeli Air Force Flight Academy from 2013-2019. After his military service, Stibbe joined a team of advisers at Israel Aircraft Industries and he also became a member of the advisory committee of Bridges Israel which is an impact investment fund that invests in Israeli businesses. In November 2020 Aytan Stibbe paid the American space company Axiom Space to become a space tourist on a private space mission to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Fot his space trip Stibbe paid $55 million.

Astronaut info

Country: Israel Israel
Born: January 12, 1958
Career/Title:
  • Fighter pilot (Israeli Air Force)
  • Businessman (Vital Capital)
Space missions:
  • Ax-1 (2022)
Spacewalks 0
Time in space 17d 1h 48m
Website: /
Category: Orbital commercial astronauts
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Mark Pathy

Mark Pathy is a Canadian businessman and commercial astronaut. He is the CEO of Mavrik, a privately owned Canadian investment company and he is also the chairman of the publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company Stingray Group. In January 2021, it was announced that Mark Pathy paid for a seat on board SpaceX Axiom Space-1 as a mission specialist alongside Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe and Michael López-Alegría. This privately funded spaceflight was operated by the American space company Axiom Space. It was the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and a pivotal step toward Axiom Station, the world's first commercial space station. Mark Pathy was launched on April 9, 2022 and stayed in space for more than 17 days. For his trip to space, he paid $50 million.

Astronaut info

Country: Canada Canada
Born: July, 1969
Career/Title:
  • CEO of Mavrik
  • Chairman of Stingray Group
Space missions:
  • Ax-1 (2022)
Spacewalks 0
Time in space 17d 1h 48m
Website: /
Category: Orbital commercial astronauts
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Charles Simonyi

Charles Simonyi is a Hungarian-American software architect who started and led Microsoft's applications group, where he built the first versions of Microsoft Office. He co-founded and led Intentional Software which was acquired by Microsoft in 2017. Simonyi was born in Budapest, Hungary after which he moved to the USA in 1968 to study. In 2006, Simonyi expressed interest in becoming a space tourist and signed agreements with the space tourism company, Space Adventures, for a ten-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). For this first spaceflight, he paid $20 million. In April 2007, aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft, he became the fifth space tourist and the second Hungarian in space. In March 2009, aboard the Soyuz TMA-14 spaecraft, he made a second trip to the International Space Station (ISS). All together, Simonyi spent more than 26 days in space.

Astronaut info

Country: USAUSA Hungary/USA
Born: September 10, 1948
Career/Title:
  • Software architect
Space missions:
  • Soyuz TMA-10 (2007)
  • Soyuz TMA-14 (2009)
Spacewalks 0
Time in space 26d 14h 27m
Website: /
Category: Orbital commercial astronauts
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Jared Isaacman

Jared Isaacman is an American entrepreneur, pilot and commercial astronaut. He is the founder of the private air force provider Draken International and CEO of the payment processing company Shift4. In 2004, Isaacman began taking flying lessons after which he set a world record for circumnavigating the globe in 2019. He received a bachelor's degree in professional aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2011. Jared Isaacman is flight qualified in multiple military jet aircraft such as a privately owned MiG-29 Cold War jet and he performed in several airshows with the Black Diamond Jet Team. Isaacman was the commander of Inspiration4, a private spaceflight using SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 16, 2021. This first private human spaceflight lasted two days after which the four commercial astronauts landed at the Atlantic Ocean. Jared Isaacman will go a second time into space in 2024 during the Polaris Dawn private spaceflight.

Astronaut info

Country: USA USA
Born: February 11, 1983
Career/Title:
  • Founder/CEO of Shift4
  • Founder of Draken International
Space missions:
  • Inspiration4 (2021)
  • Polaris Dawn (2024)
Spacewalks 0
Time in space 2d 23h 3m
Website: https://inspiration4.com
https://polarisprogram.com/dawn