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It was mere decades ago that the idea of space tourism not just for astronauts and scientific research but for recreation was the stuff of science fiction.

Today, space travel for the average person is no longer a matter of “if” but “when,” thanks to the imaginations of self-funded business magnates with an eye on the sky.

Space is the tourism industrys next frontier, andTravel + Leisureis on the pulse of the technological advancements made toward it becoming a reality.

Three photos from Thailand with the words Destination of the Year overlaid on top

While astronomic prices may put it out of most people’s reach for years to come, the rest of us can gaze up at other worlds from our backyards or chase dazzling celestial phenomena like the northern lights.

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Pair of photos from the Ovo Patagonia hotel in Argentina

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A colorful illustration referencing retirement themes

Starry night sky with the Milky Way galaxy and a meteor streak visible, silhouette of trees in the foreground

Northern Lights over Glacier National Park

Starry milky way over the water at the Nebraska Star Party

Milky Way over a forest of ocotillo in the Anza-Borrego Desert

Perseid meteor shower

Tsuchinshan-Atlas seen in Uruguay

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower in Florida

Blood Moon in Vancouver

full lunar eclipse

total lunar eclipse

planet parade

Snow Moon in NYC

Northern lights in Iceland

Quadrantid meteor in Turkey

Quadrantid meteor shower

Geminid Meteor Shower

Northern Lights in Greenland

Geminid Meteor Shower

Perseids meteor

The Samsonite Proxis suitcase flies over Earth in outer space.

Geminids meteor shower

Meteor shower

Super Harvest moon

Jupiter and the Milky Way rising over Dinosaur Provincial Park

A meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower

Northern lights

Comet

Full Strawberry moon of June rising over Manhattan

Milky Way During Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower

The last total solar eclipse as seen from Idaho

Aurora in the night sky of Queenstown, New Zealand

Bright jupiter and saturn shining above clouds

Aurora Borealis over Kluane Lake in the eponym National Park of the Yukon

Strong geomagnetic Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) in Iceland

The aurora, glowing over Yellowknife city

e second supermoon of 2023, also known as the Sturgeon Moon, rises behind a passenger aircraft in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 1, 2023

A former Olympian and a mother-daughter duo from Antigua are Virgin Galactic’s first tourists into space.

Solar eclipse August 21, 2017 at 1:15pm from Wisconsin, USA 85% Coverage

meteor shower

Jupiter

Telescope watching the sky and falling star.

Venus Jupiter conjunction

Dark sky night with stars at Jasper National Park

Northern lights, Mount Kirkjufell, Jokulsarlon lagoon, Iceland

The Delta Aquariids meteor shower and Milky Way over the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Mt. Adams, Washington State

Supermoon

Aerial view of glass top igloos at night in lapland Finland

Northern Lights over cabin in Fairbanks, Alaska

Southern Ring Nebula

The sun rises above 42nd Street during a reverse ‘Manhattanhenge’ in New York, New York photographed from Weehawken, New Jersey on November 24, 2021

Strawberry Moon in New York City

Northern Lights, Kirkjufell Mountain, Snaefellsnes, Iceland

The Owachomo Natural Bridge spans 180 feet, and stands at a height of 106 feet.

Alaska Northern Lights

Halley’s Comet

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Northern Lights

Our solar journey through space is carrying us through a cluster of very low density interstellar clouds. Right now the Sun is inside of a cloud (Local cloud) that is so tenuous that the interstellar gas detected by IBEX is as sparse as a handful of air stretched over a column that is hundreds of light years long. These clouds are identified by their motions, indicated in this graphic with blue arrows.

Total Solar Eclipse Time Lapse

Photo illustration depicting astronauts (travelers) playing golf on the moon.

MOON coming to Las Vegas is a moon-themed hotel resort

NASA Astronauts in Space