Space Perspective Taking Reservations for Neptune: Offers a ‘Gentle’ Voyage to Space for $125,000

By  //  June 28, 2021

propelled by a state-of-the-art spaceballoon the size of a football stadium

SpacePerspective.com announced that its Neptune One spaceship test vehicle successfully launched on June 18 from the Space Coast Spaceport. Neptune One launched at 5:23 a.m. EDT and reached its planned altitude of 108,409 feet before executing a splashdown at the predetermined location 50 miles off the west coast of Florida.

Up to eight guests can have the sensational experience from the comfort of plush, reclining seats in a beautifully appointed capsule, complete with a bar and a bathroom, for $125,000 each.

BREVARD COUNTY • TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA – Neptune One recently becames the first space launch operator to launch from Space Coast Spaceport, showcasing dazzling views and heralds the opportunity to reserve your seat now to fly starting in 2024.

SpacePerspective.com announced that its Neptune One spaceship test vehicle successfully launched on June 18 from the Space Coast Spaceport.

Introducing a new era in luxury travel experiences, Space Perspective reimagines the thrill of space exploration with the world’s most radically gentle voyage to space.

Space Explorers and travel adventurers looking to upgrade their bucket list can now savor 360-degree views of planet Earth from 20 mi/30 km above in a luxurious six- hour trip, inside Spaceship Neptune, propelled by a state-of-the-art spaceballoon the size of a football stadium.

Up to eight guests can have the sensational experience from the comfort of plush, reclining seats in a beautifully appointed capsule, complete with a bar and a bathroom, for $125,000 each.

Please visit SpacePerspective.com to reserve your seat on Spaceship Neptune.

The vehicle flew to its target altitude and traversed the Florida peninsula before splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico and being recovered.

The historic 6 hour and 39-minute flight marks the first major step towards flying customers to space for an unrivaled experience and perspective of our world from space.

Neptune One launched at 5:23 a.m. EDT from the Space Coast Air and Spaceport and reached its planned altitude of 108,409 feet before executing a splashdown at the predetermined location 50 miles off the west coast of Florida.

The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation issued a launch site operators license, better known as a spaceport license, last year to the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority. The license allows the authority to conduct launches from Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida. (FAA image)

With this flight, Space Perspective became the first space launch operator to fly from the Space Coast Spaceport.

The FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation issued a launch site operators license, better known as a spaceport license, last year to the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority. The license allows the authority to conduct launches from Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida.

Space Perspective is led by industry luminaries Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum, and their expert crew who have been integral to all human spaceballoon flights in the last 50 years.

Poynter and MacCallum have been dubbed ‘Masters of the stratosphere,’ by Bloomberg Business Week, and MacCallum served as Chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Space Perspective is led by industry luminaries Jane Poynter, left, and Taber MacCallum, right, and their expert crew who have been integral to all human spaceballoon flights in the last 50 years. Poynter and MacCallum have been dubbed ‘Masters of the stratosphere,’ by Bloomberg Business Week, and MacCallum served as Chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

“I could not be more proud of the performance of the team and the flight system. It was spectacular to witness the teamwork and the high level of expertise yield such a successful result,” said co-CEO and founder Taber MacCallum.

“This test flight of Neptune One kicks off our extensive test flight campaign, which will be extremely robust because we can perform tests without a pilot, making Spaceship Neptune an extremely safe way to go to space.”

Spaceship Neptune then makes a two-hour descent under the spaceballoon and splashes down, where a ship retrieves the passengers, the capsule and the spaceballoon. Spaceship Neptune’s commercial human spaceflight launches are regulated by the FAA Office of Commercial Spaceflight.

Space Perspective flew a full-size capsule simulator with the same geometry as Spaceship Neptune’s capsule. All primary objectives of the test flight were met. Ultimately, the most important objective was the completion of a full flight demonstration, from prelaunch to recovery.

“It is an incredible privilege launching from the space coast, where the history of human spaceflight was forged over the past decades and continues to build momentum today. Flying on Spaceship Neptune will be an extraordinary experience for our Space Explorers,” said co-CEO and founder Jane Poynter.

Space Perspective, founded in 2019, was created to make spaceflight more accessible to all, and to provide the thrilling opportunity to see Earth as a planet in space.

Spaceship Neptune was developed from the onset for maximum safety, accessibility, near zero-emissions and routine operations around the world. The spaceballoon could hold an entire football stadium when inflated and the pressurized capsule is comfortable and spacious.

Flown by a pilot, Spaceship Neptune transports eight passengers, called “Space Explorers,” on a thrilling six-hour journey to space, along with research payloads. The two-hour gentle ascent above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere to 100,000 feet, Spaceship Neptune glides above the Earth for up to two hours allowing passengers to share their experience via social media, with their friends and family.

“Space Florida congratulates Space Perspective on today’s first test flight of its revolutionary spaceballoon capability, and for being the first space launch operator to fly from the Space Coast Spaceport, Florida’s newest spaceport,”  said Frank DiBello, president and CEO of Space Florida.

“This flight highlights the reality of Florida again at the leading edge in space research, tourism, and commercial capabilities. We look forward to the coming milestones for Space Perspective as they prepare to take private citizens to space.”

Flown by a pilot, Spaceship Neptune transports eight passengers, called “Space Explorers,” on a thrilling six-hour journey to space, along with research payloads. The two-hour gentle ascent above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere to 100,000 feet, Spaceship Neptune glides above the Earth for up to two hours allowing passengers to share their experience via social media, with their friends and family.

Spaceship Neptune then makes a two-hour descent under the spaceballoon and splashes down, where a ship retrieves the passengers, the capsule and the spaceballoon. Spaceship Neptune’s commercial human spaceflight launches are regulated by the FAA Office of Commercial Spaceflight.

A company spokesperson said that Space Perspective is the world’s first luxury spaceflight experience, and as soon as late 2024, the company will escort space explorers gently to space inside Spaceship Neptune’s pressurized capsule propelled by a high-performance spaceballoon that doesn’t use rocket fuel, where explorers see the world anew through its vast windows.

“The ultra-comfortable, accessible and gentle six-hour journey redefines what space and wonder travel means for the modern traveler,” said a Space Perspective spokesperson.

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