The first ever luxury space hotel, Aurora Station, is all set to raise the bar of extravagant lifestyle for traveller maniacs. Frank Bunger, the founder of Orion Span, a Houston-based space tech start-up that is running the Aurora Station project, promises to give a magnificent holiday package in the Milky Way!

Unlike other hotels, Orion Span is planning to de-stress its guests by giving them the zero gravity experience.

What is Aurora Station?

1.Unlike NASA’s International Space Station which is 250 miles away from the earth, the Aurora Station will work on low Earth orbit (LEO) at around 200 miles away from the earth

2.The station will be 43 ½ feet long by 14 feet wide, with a pressurized volume of 5,650 cubic feet

3.Aurora Station, estimated to be of a size of a private jet, can complete one orbit in 90 minutes

HOW TO BE SELECTED FOR THE HOLIDAY IN SPACE

1.The coveted journey plans to allow as many as six people – including two crew members

2.One has to undergo a three-month training regime before heading for this lifetime experience, including a stint at a company facility in Houston, Texas

PERKS OF STAYING AT THE SPACE HOTEL

Well, there is a bucketful of perks for Aurora Station users.

1.To begin with, customers can have a rare sight of 16 sunrises and sunsets every day!

2.The architecture of this hotel is designed as such that the company has the liberty to build a city growing skyward on Earth

3.The hotel has many windows which takes the wandering souls into the depth of the blackness and stillness of a sky full of silent gleaming stars

4.Moreover, it has been anticipated that food will be grown in the space garden giving an opportunity to researchers to grow edible plants in space

5.Above all, the hotel paves the way for astronauts to research and travel at a very cheap rate

6.People who would be taking a ride among the stars will get an opportunity to understand basic spaceflight, orbital mechanics, and life in pressurized environments in space

HOW TO BOOK YOUR SLOT IN THE SPACE HOTEL

For a 12-day stay in space hotel, one has to shed USD 9.5 million. In order to appear in the waiting list, the customers have to reserve a seat well in advance with a deposit of USD 80,000 which is refundable.

As of now, the who’s who of Hollywood — Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Katy Perry — have already booked the USD 250,000 ride, confirms Branson.