– Space travel has never been more comfortable nor kind to the environment. Space Perspective, the Earth’s leading luxury spaceflight experience company set on advancing a better appreciation of planet Earth and the interconnectedness of the human race, today reveals Spaceship Neptune’s customizable Space Lounge™ interior. The only carbon neutral, zero-emission way to space, Spaceship Neptune places safety, the thrilling views and interaction between Space Explorers front and center in its pioneering design, with sustainable materials embraced throughout – including a bar handcrafted using proprietary materials recycled from the unique SpaceBalloon™ connected to the capsule. The patented 360-degree panoramic windows (0.56 meters wide x 1.54 meters high) will be the largest-ever flown to space. Even the restroom will have a view!

Space Perspective is revolutionizing space tourism - and is a world away from rocket-fueled space endeavors. The elegant ascent in the climate-controlled, pressurized capsule, propelled by a state-of-the-art SpaceBalloon, enables passengers to safely glide for two hours at the edge of space absorbing the phenomenal beauty of Earth and vastness of space. Lift-off takes place at dawn so guests can soak up the sun rising as they climb 100,000 ft (20 mi/30 km). The gradual, two-hour descent to Earth gently concludes with a splash down in the ocean, where a ship retrieves the passengers, the capsule, and the

SpaceBalloon. Every aspect of the interior has been designed to enhance the transformative views while elegantly ascending at a cruise speed of 12mph.

“Our mission is to inspire Space Explorers to connect more closely with our planet and each other, and the environment in which they travel with us is central to this. Our Space Lounge is a world away from the white, utilitarian environments you find in other spacecraft,” explains Jane Poynter, Founder, Co-CEO and Chief Experience Officer of Space Perspective.

Space Perspective also announces that hospitality and entertainment entrepreneur David Grutman is joining the company as Experience Curator – to advise on the end-to-end experience for the Space Explorer – from arrival at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to in-flight and post-landing.

Says David Grutman: “I am beyond excited about advising Space Perspective on the Space Lounge experience - we really want to make this transformative. The world class team at Space Perspective is on a mission to change people’s perception of what adventure travel can be. We have so many ideas on how we can customize the journey – from birthday celebrations, and corporate getaways, to creating seminal moments that will capture the imaginations of all.”

With a near 360-degree panoramic view which appears utterly seamless to the human eye and capsule layout established, the design team went to work on the detailed interior design, creating the elegant, safe and comfortable Space Lounge. As David Grutman knows well, every detail of a curated experience is important. Along with renders Space Perspective is releasing an interactive video walk-through showing details of the Space Lounge, right down to the bespoke Neptune drink glasses and a specially created dessert.

Arced, deep, reclining seats, which maximize the ability for Space Explorers to enjoy both the vista and each other, can be reconfigured to accommodate a more intimate dinner for two or special event

Lightweight, dark and tactile sustainable materials throughout its interior to reduce glare and reflection

Food and beverage service capabilities, including a bar top handcrafted using pellets formed by re-purposing the pioneering recyclable material from Space Perspective’s SpaceBalloons

The center of the capsule is kept free to ensure group photography (WiFi is also available in-flight) can easily be accommodated. Stretching out and walking around is also straightforward

Customizable mood lighting including low red LED lights ensure Space Explorers will absorb the dramatic sights of witnessing dawn, planet Earth, and stars above in space – while easily navigating their way around the Space Lounge

A telescope and interactive screens – including an overhead ‘donut’ scrolling display to share key information as the journey unfolds

Tasteful decorations including floor lamps, plants and herbs such as lavender, basil and rosemary which are used in food and drink prep. The plants remind us of the interconnected nature of our planet

A luxurious restroom featuring huge windows too so Space Explorers never miss the incredible views

“Our world class expert crew, who have been integral to all human SpaceBalloon flights in the last 50 years, trialled hundreds of layouts and we’ve secured a patent for our structural engineering, with two design patents pending. The quintessential spaceflight experience is a shared human experience and we’re super proud of this significant milestone as we move full steam ahead towards commercial flight,“ explained Taber MacCallum, Founder, Co-CEO and Chief Technology Officer.

“It is hard to overstate the importance of this design breakthrough, Space Perspective is setting the standard in space tourism,” added Poynter. “The welcoming comfort and calm of the exhilarating Space Lounge experience offers travelers the opportunity to take phenomenal pictures, be educated via our expert pilot and interactive content, enjoy once-in-a-lifetime dining experiences and of course simply soak up the 360 degree views. Our deliberate design process results in a configuration that enables individual contemplation of our extraordinary planet, while inviting a sense of shared experience between our Space Explorers that will create bonds lasting a lifetime. We are delighted to have David join to deliver the ultimate in customizable hospitality for our Space Explorers.”

Space calm while absorbing the dazzling views 100,000 ft up

Commercial flights are targeted to begin in late 2024, with 600 tickets sold to date. With the first year of seats completely reserved, Space Perspective is currently taking reservations for 2025 and beyond. Tickets are priced at a market-beating $125,000 per person, and bookings are made with a fully refundable deposit beginning at $1,000 (customers can also book and pay online via crypto - a first in the commercial space flight industry). Entire capsules are also available for reservations (up to eight guests and a pilot). Space Perspective’s human spaceflight launches are regulated by the FAA Office of Commercial Spaceflight.

Press Release: Space Perspective Unveils World's First Space Lounge

What makes Spaceship Neptune a spaceship unlike any other? A state-of-the-art, customizable Space Lounge™ interior. Our team worked through hundreds of iterations of the interior to optimize the design and performance of the pressurized Spaceship Neptune capsule. The goal was to create a welcoming interior featuring comfortable lounge chairs, mood lighting, and even plants and herbs such as lavender, basil, and rosemary that can be used in food and drink prep. This creates a calming environment in which to relax, and is the opposite of the bright white utilitarian interiors you find on other spacecraft (and most people's idea of how a spaceship interior looks).

Explorers will have unparalleled views from the 360-degree panoramic windows - the largest-ever flown to space. The main surfaces are dark, soft and tactile in order to enhance the feeling of coziness in the capsule, while at the same time reducing reflection and glare in the windows. Even the luxurious restroom features a large window, so Space Explorers never miss the incredible view.

The lounge layout allows for social interactions and creates a shared experience with fellow passengers. The arced seating gives a wider view across the earth, which in turn creates space for passengers to stretch their legs and stand comfortably in front of the seats. The only carbon neutral, zero-emission way to travel to space, Spaceship Neptune embraces sustainable materials throughout – including a bar handcrafted using proprietary materials recycled from the unique SpaceBalloon™.

Best of all, you can make your Space Perspective flight truly your own. If you can dream it, our team is ready and waiting to work with you to make it a reality. From the menu and cocktails onboard, to the soundtrack and lighting, your individual preferences can be incorporated into your journey to create your definitive ultimate adventure.

Have questions?

Your experience is highly customizable—if you can dream it, our team is ready and waiting to work with you to make it a reality. From the menu and cocktails onboard, to the soundtrack and lighting, your individual preferences may be incorporated into your flight.

A first look at the Space Lounge

David Grutman, globally renowned hospitality innovator and entrepreneur, is joining the company as Experience Curator to advise on the end-to-end experience for Space Explorers, from arrival at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to in-flight and post-landing.

“I am beyond excited about advising Space Perspective on the Space Lounge experience,” said David. “We really want to make this transformative. The world class team at Space Perspective is on a mission to change people’s perception of what adventure travel can be. We have so many ideas on how we can customize the journey – from birthday celebrations, and corporate getaways, to creating seminal moments that will capture the imaginations of all.”

David Grutman is particularly known for creating immersive experiential venues with distinct atmospheres, infusing high energy and transportive luxury across a one-of-a-kind portfolio of restaurants, hotels, bars, and nightclubs.

Grutman—himself a native Floridian—has built his name in the Miami area, where his firm, Groot Hospitality, owns the restaurants Komodo, Swan, Bar Bevy, OTL, Papi Steak, Strawberry Moon, Sushi Fly Chicken, and The Key Club; the nightclubs LIV at Fontainebleu and Story; and The Goodtime Hotel. Future openings include the resort Somewhere Else, on Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas.

Outside of hospitality, Grutman also pursues additional business and personal interests. He is the creative director and co-owner of Prince, the athletics and lifestyle company. Additionally, Grutman teaches a guest class at Florida International University called “The David Grutman Experience.” The seminar focuses on what it takes to conceptualize and create a leading hospitality platform. He has also guest lectured at the prestigious School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, and Harvard Business School.

Globally renowned hospitality innovator joins Space Perspective as Experience Curator

Hall of Fame Astronaut and Senior Technical Advisor to Space Perspective, Jeff Hoffman, talked with Jane about his time in space and the impact that had on him.

I always remember my first Extra Vehicular Activity on my first flight. After going out the airlock I floated over to the toolbox, face down towards the Shuttle and thinking to myself, “This is really like in the water tank, that is really good training.” I put all the tools on my tool carrier, and I turned around, and there was Earth and the black sky. “I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore, Toto,” I thought. What a revelation. You see the curvature of the Earth, and all of a sudden you get that flash of what I call planetary consciousness, what some call the overview effect.

Flying over areas I was not familiar with was always fascinating, like the Arabian Peninsula, and seeing endless sand dunes as far as the eye could see. The colors of the Caribbean are spectacular. Sunsets and sunrises are something that you need to be prepared for. Up above most of the atmosphere it’s incredible to see them with the black sky. Those were the days when we used film in our cameras, and I’ve been told that when people finished developing the film, and saw that half of the frames were sunrises or sunsets they said, “Oh, Hoffman must have been on that flight!” Seeing clouds, big cumulous clouds from the top was fascinating. Joni Mitchel’s song, “I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now,” was one of my favorites.

Then of course there are the less pleasant aspects of seeing human impacts on the planet. Flying over regions where there was so much smoke from coal fires that you couldn’t see the ground.

Everybody asks if the experience changed me. I’m an astronomer and I know the Earth is a planet. But it’s the difference between knowing something intellectually and actually experiencing it. Read all you want about the geology of the Grand Canyon and look at pictures of it, when you go there and stand at the bottom of the canyon looking up through hundreds of millions of years of geology, it’s an overwhelming experience. That is what it was like. We were well prepared. I had a good idea of what I was going to be looking for, but seeing pictures and knowing something intellectually is just not the same as experiencing it for yourself.

Humanity has advanced through geographic and scientific exploration to expand human knowledge and understanding. Exploring space also expands human experience and helps us appreciate what it means to be inhabitants of a planet in our solar system. In one or two hundred years from now we are going to make the Moon part of the Earth’s economic sphere, just like we’ve made Earth orbit part of the Earth’s economic sphere now. Just like you most appreciate your home after you have left it for a while, leaving the Earth is one of the best ways to appreciate what our planet does for us.

Outside the window there is an environment that is not survivable for human beings. And in fact, most of the universe is very hostile to any form of life. We spend our life in a very hospitable place here on earth. It gives you an increased appreciation of how unique the earth is and what we get from it. Ask people if we live on a finite planet, and intellectually they will say, yes. But when you actually go up and experience looking at the planet… The Explorers who go will be very fortunate. If they can internalize the experience, and talk about it with others, the media, that’s important. They are the ambassadors of Spaceship Earth.

Astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on his time in space and his altered perspective.

Space Perspective partners with individual artists and arts organizations from around the world that one would not think as traditionally being involved in human spaceflight. We launched our first in a series of robust collaborations with artists, students and other creators.

, the inaugural art guest collaborator, created 

, the largest art installation ever to travel to space, which it did on a Neptune test flight in 2021. Echoing the shape of Spaceship Neptune’s capsule and the appearance of a jellyfish, the installation represented a shared mission to amplify the essential biodiversity and interdependency of all living organisms - specifically hidden ocean life rarely included in the story of life on planet Earth.

Carried inside Living Light, a DNA capsule comprised three art pieces by each of the artists of Beyond Earth. In a message “To Space, from Earth,”  each work was converted to DNA and stored inside a metal vial. The timelessness of the DNA vial contrasts with the transitory nature of 

 journey, a metaphor for human life on Earth. Upon returning to Earth, the DNA will have changed - reconfigured - echoing the human experience of seeing Earth from the perspective of space.

“We are thrilled to connect our deep fascination with the ocean biome to space exploration, drawing parallels between aquatic and aeronautic explorations,”

 Richelle Gribble, Elena Soterakis, and Yoko Shimizu.

Beyond Earth flies the largest art installation ever flown to space on Neptune. 

. – Space Perspective, the Earth’s leading luxury spaceflight experience company, today began accepting cryptocurrencies – including Bitcoin, Ethereum and many others – as payment to reserve a flight on Spaceship Neptune. 

, customers can now select crypto as a payment option and will be directed to Coinbase.com to safely and securely complete their transaction – a first in the commercial space flight industry. 

“Space Perspective is revolutionizing space tourism, and that includes offering our customers the ability to reserve their once-in-a-lifetime journeys to space via crypto,” said Taber MacCallum, Founder, Co-CEO and Chief Technology Officer of Space Perspective. “The flexibility to pay with crypto is another opportunity for us to differentiate the Space Perspective experience, and we are proud to lead the industry by accepting Coinbase,” he continued.

Space Perspective is also partnering with Cool Effect to offset the carbon footprint of its logistics operations including Spaceship Neptune flights. The company will be contracting with a third party to calculate the offset each year.

“Every aspect of a Space Perspective flight is radically gentle, and that includes our impact on the environment. Spaceship Neptune is the only carbon neutral, zero-emission way to space, and our partnership with Cool Effect will allow us to offset the operations of our carbon footprint each year while contributing to a cleaner planet tomorrow,” said Jane Poynter, Founder, Co-CEO and Chief Experience Officer of Space Perspective.

In Q4 2021, Space Perspective announced a historic $40 million Series A financing round, the largest for a human SpaceBalloonTM company to date, bringing the total amount raised to $48 million. Space Perspective also announced Florida’s Space Coast Spaceport in Titusville as the location for the company’s worldwide campus and manufacturing complex along with plans to hire approximately 240 full-time permanent jobs by the end of 2026. The company has already expanded its headcount by more than 50 percent over the past year and has filled key leadership positions in recent months.

Space Perspective, founded in 2019, was created to provide a transformative opportunity to view planet Earth from space. The company’s Spaceship Neptune will fly eight passengers and a pilot to the edge of space and back in a climate-controlled, pressurized capsule propelled by a high-performance 300-foot diameter SpaceBalloon. The six-hour flight offers views of the curvature of the Earth against the blackness of space from an altitude of over 100,000 feet (20 miles/30 kilometers). Space Perspective’s Spaceship Neptune’s flight path includes a gradual and gentle two-hour ascent at 12 MPH, rising to 100,000 feet (a suborbital climb, topping out above 99% of the Earth’s atmosphere). Gliding at apogee for up to two hours, the spaceship then makes a similarly gradual, two-hour descent to Earth before gently splashing down in the ocean, where a ship retrieves the passengers, the capsule, and the SpaceBalloon.

Commercial flights are targeted to begin in late 2024, with more than 500 tickets sold to date. With the first year of seats completely reserved, Space Perspective is currently taking reservations for 2025 and beyond. Tickets are priced at a market-beating $125,000 per person, and bookings are made with a fully refundable deposit beginning at $1,000. Entire capsules are also available for reservations (up to eight guests and a pilot). Space Perspective’s human spaceflight launches are regulated by the FAA Office of Commercial Spaceflight.

Space Perspective is the world’s first luxury spaceflight experience company. It invites more people than has historically been possible to experience a thrillingly new and visceral perspective that expands the human consciousness – the incredibly exhilarating panoramas and scale of Earth in space. The Observer cited Space Perspective as “the best suborbital space tourism offering in the world.”

Setting a new bar in out-of-this-world thrilling experiences, as soon as late 2024 Space Perspective plans to take Space Explorers to space inside Spaceship Neptune’s pressurized capsule propelled by a high-performance SpaceBalloon without using rocket fuel or high G forces. Space Explorers see the world anew through its vast windows, 450 miles in any direction. The ultra-comfortable, accessible and gentle six-hour journey redefines space travel.

Space Perspective is led by industry luminaries Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum and their unique-in-the-world expert crew who have been integral to all human SpaceBalloon flights in the last 50 years. Building on that experience, the Space Perspective crew has innovated and patented the safest SpaceBalloon technology in the world. With the only technology enabling routine accessible flights to the edge of space, Poynter and MacCallum have been dubbed ‘Masters of the stratosphere’ by Bloomberg Businessweek. MacCallum also served as Chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

The focus on taking care of the world we live in is nothing new to Poynter: over the years, she has led ground-breaking environmental projects for the United Nations and the International Space Station, including the development of the first carbon sequestration model of a mangrove forest that could be used to calculate carbon credits to provide additional income to the community. For more information, visit SpacePerspective.com. Follow Space Perspective for updates, 

Cape Canaveral, Fla. – Space Perspective, the Earth’s leading luxury spaceflight experience company, today began accepting cryptocurrencies – including Bitcoin, Ethereum and many others – as payment to reserve a flight on Spaceship Neptune. During the booking process, customers can now select crypto as a payment option and will be directed to Coinbase.com to safely and securely complete their transaction – a first in the commercial space flight industry. 

The only space tourism company accepting cryptocurrency

 today announced that its Neptune One spaceship test vehicle successfully launched from the Space Coast Spaceport, located adjacent to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. 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 am 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. With this flight, Space Perspective became the first space launch operator to fly from the Space Coast Spaceport.

“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.

Images of the flight launch can be found on the 

“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 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.

“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,” added MacCallum.

“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. 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,” said Frank DiBello, president and CEO of Space Florida.

This test flight flew a number of payloads, including:

, an educational nonprofit that uses space to promote STEAM by partnering with astronauts and students, flew the winning projects of their recent science project competition for students grades 7-12. One experiment measured the sun’s magnetic field to confirm solar minimum, the time when the sun is least active. A second measured the effects of the space environment on memory materials that are made to hold a particular shape. Their payload also included winners of their current art competition, open to all ages, illustrating Space Perspective’s goal to show that exploring the world we live in and communicating the human experience is possible in ways that engineering and technology cannot.

 flew an ozone sensors instrument, developed by Dr. Nirmal Patel and his students’ team in the physics department, to test their innovative atmospheric science technology. This payload demonstrates to research organizations, NASA and other government entities that Spaceship Neptune is a valuable platform for research.

· In addition, two other technical partners, 

, provided engineering and meteorology tools in support of the test flight.

, 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. 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.

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Space Perspective is the world’s first luxury spaceflight experience. It invites more people than has historically been possible to experience a thrillingly new and visceral perspective that expands the human consciousness – the incredibly exhilarating panoramas and scale of Earth in space. Our atmosphere stretches for 100s of miles into space, Spaceship Neptune flies above 99% of it.

Setting a new bar in out-of-this-world thrilling experiences, as soon as late 2024 Space Perspective 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.

Based out of Kennedy Space Center, 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. For more information, visit 

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