Orbite’s four-night orientation course — the 100-level course — is priced at $29,500. Prices for the five-night suborbital training program start at $49,500 per person.. Orbite is also ...

The camp is a fitting legacy for the recently-deceased actress, who was an inspiration to Sally Ride, the first female American astronaut.

In 2015, Gillis started an internship at SpaceX, and later moved into a full-time position with the astronaut training program. But her passion for music did not subside.

Selected from among 2,000 applicants to NASA's astronaut training program in 1987, Jemison was part of the first group of astronauts chosen after the Challenger accident in 1987.

India's 23-year-old Jahnavi Dangeti has been selected as one of the astronauts who will fly to space on a private mission.

Isaacman said he was inspired by NASA astronaut Ed White, who performed the first American spacewalk during the Gemini program in 1965 and floated away from his spacecraft.