Gone are the days when being an astronaut was a distant dream. Studying hard was not enough. One needed to undergo rigorous training regime and with professional competence at par are you eligible to go on a space mission. Only very few Indian were lucky enough to reach the space!

Thanks to technology, today if you have a fat bank balance, touring the space is just a booking away.

Bookings are now available at the world’s first space hotel by Orion span and the space touring is going to start from 2021 when the company plans to launch the service into space. The Houston-based startup announced the launch of the world’s first space hotel at a California space summit today.

Tickets will set tourists back a cool $9.5 million with an $80,000 refundable deposit.

The Houston-based startup recently announced the launch of the world’s first space hotel

Everything about the luxury hotel Aurora Station,

The space station will take travellers 200 miles above the earth’s orbit

They will be able to see 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours, according to the company’s website.

Tickets will set tourists back a cool $9.5 million with an $80,000 refundable deposit.

And despite the long wait and sky-high price tag deposits have already been taken.

The hotel is only able to house six guests and two crew members at a time who will stay in “private suites for two” and enjoy the world’s first zero-gravity “authentic astronaut experience”, the company said.

Private space missions have previously cost between $20 million to $40 million. Virginia-based company Space Adventures ran eight tours between 2001 to 2009.