Ten space tourism-related designs including spaceships, space hotels and a space suitcase

Privately-owned space exploration company Axiom Space commissioned designer Phillipe Starck to create the interiors for Axiom Station, which claims to be the "world's first" commercial space station.

Voyager Station by Orbital Assembly Corporation Planned to open in 2027, Voyager Station was designed as the first hotel in space and will have a rotating structure with rooms for up to 440 guests.

A total of 24 habitation models will house both luxury villas and individual bedroom units, as well as restaurants, bars and gyms, with additional crew accommodation and scientific research pods also included in the ring-like architecture.

Axiom Station will be connected to the International Space Station and will include crew quarters, a dining area and a galley habitation module designed with interiors by Starck. He envisioned the module as "a comfortable egg that is inviting with soft walls and a design perfectly in harmony with the values and movements of the human body in zero g... See more

Horizn One suitcase by Horizn Studios and Alyssa CarsonDesigns for new paraphernalia associated with space tourism are also beginning to emerge. In 2019, Berlin-based luggage brand Horizn Studios collaborated with the world's youngest astronaut, Alyssa Carson, to develop what it claims is the world's first luggage for space travel.

Space tourism is a growing trend, with more and more companies offering brief trips beyond Earth. We have rounded up 10 designs for visiting space.

Axiom Station by Phillipe Starck

Various studios are working on creating the infrastructure specifically to allow people to visit and stay outside of Earth's atmosphere, including high-altitude balloons and orbital space hotels.