Space Perspective operates Spaceship Neptune, a pressurized capsule carried to the edge of the atmosphere by a giant SpaceBalloon™, offering a six-hour, high-altitude experience with the largest windows ever flown to space. The cabin is outfitted as a Space Lounge with plush seating, a Space Spa, world-class meal and cocktail service, Wi‑Fi, and a lavatory. The company positions itself as the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceflight experience and follows FAA regulation and guidelines established by NASA and the U.S. Coast Guard. Founded by human spaceflight veterans Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum, the engineering and operations team has decades of experience across U.S. human spacecraft development. Based on Florida’s Space Coast, Space Perspective is pursuing brand partnerships (including Mercedes‑Maybach for ground transport) and is in talks with additional brands to build an end‑to‑end luxury space lifestyle offering. The company emphasizes accessibility and a scalable space tourism model targeted at a growing pool of international ticket buyers. Space Perspective develops Spaceship Neptune, a pressurized capsule flown to the edge of space by a high‑performance SpaceBalloon to deliver a six‑hour, low‑G luxury spaceflight with large panoramic windows and a customizable Space Lounge. The company positions the product as an accessible, hospitality‑focused experience with in‑flight amenities and an Experience Curator advising on end‑to‑end guest journeys. Commercial flights are targeted to begin in late 2024; the company says the first year of seats is completely reserved and it is taking reservations for 2025 and beyond. Tickets are priced at $125,000 per person with fully refundable deposits starting at $1,000 and the option to pay via cryptocurrency. Space Perspective says its human spaceflight launches are regulated by the FAA Office of Commercial Spaceflight and has located a worldwide campus and manufacturing complex at Florida’s Space Coast Spaceport adjacent to Kennedy Space Center. The company has assembled a senior team of industry veterans and plans to hire about 240 full‑time employees by the end of 2026; it has raised more than $65 million to date, including the most recent financing. Space Perspective builds a pressurized capsule lifted by a large stratospheric balloon to carry paying customers to roughly 20 miles above Earth for six-hour flights. The company markets a premium, flight-like experience with Wi‑Fi, a bar, and no special training required. It has collected 475 reservations, each secured by deposits of $10,000–$25,000, for seats priced at $125,000. The firm completed an uncrewed, unpressurized full‑size capsule simulator launch from the Space Coast Spaceport in Florida and plans additional uncrewed tests followed by a piloted test flight in 2023. Commercial service is targeted for late 2024, with capsule splashdowns and ship recoveries similar to NASA and SpaceX procedures. Space Perspective is led and was founded by husband‑and‑wife co‑CEOs Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum. Space Perspective is developing Spaceship Neptune, a pressurized passenger capsule carried by an ultra-high-altitude balloon to the edge of space. Neptune is designed to carry up to eight passengers on a six-hour journey that includes roughly two hours at the upper edge of Earth’s atmosphere and concludes with a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean. The company targeted a first test flight at the end of Q1 2021 using an uncrewed prototype that will not have the pressurized cabin of the final version. From there it plans to test and develop systems necessary to carry human passengers by around 2024, with ticket pre-sales launching from 2021 aimed at deep-pocketed customers. The company was founded by Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum, who previously founded stratospheric balloon company World View. Space Perspective has raised a $7 million seed round from investors including Prime Movers Lab and Base Ventures.

Total raised

$64M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Debt Financing

Latest activity

May 2022