The Gateway Foundation has announced that it intends to open the world's first hotel in space, named Voyager Station, in 2027.
Voyager Station will be built by construction company Orbital Assembly Corporation, which describes itself as "the world's first large scale space construction company".
According to the organisation, construction of the 50,000-square-metre facility will start in 2026 with the first passengers visiting the hotel in 2027.
When it opens, the rotating hotel will have rooms for up to 440 people. The rotating ring-shaped form will give the station gravity equivalent to one-sixth of the Earth's.
"Going to space will just be another option people will pick for their vacation"
The Gateway Foundation originally revealed its design for the space hotel, which was then called the Von Braun Space Station, in 2019. At the time, its senior design architect Tim Alatorre explained that the aim of the project was to make visiting space accessible to everyone.
Voyager Station would be the first space hotel
"Eventually, going to space will just be another option people will pick for their vacation, just like going on a cruise, or going to Disney World," Alatorre told Dezeen.
"Because the overall costs are still so high most people assume that space tourism will only be available to the super-rich, and while I think this will be true for the next several years, the Gateway Foundation has a goal of making space travel open to ev...