Inside The Space Hotel Scheduled To Open In 2025 (Pictures)
Inside The Space Hotel Scheduled To Open In 2025 (Pictures). Waking up in a chic hotel room with a view of the solar system could be the future of travel, at least if space company Orbital Assembly has anything to say about it. The US-based company has revealed new information and concepts for its space hotel idea, designs for which have been orbiting since 2019. Originally premiered by Californian company the Gateway Foundation -- and then called the Von Braun Station -- this futuristic concept consists of several modules connected by elevator shafts that make up a rotating wheel orbiting the Earth. The project is now being overseen by Orbital Assembly Corporation, a space construction company that cut links with Gateway. Orbital Assembly is now aiming to launch not one but two space stations with tourist accommodation: Voyager Station, the renamed original design, is now scheduled to accommodate 400 people and to open in 2027, while new concept Pioneer Station, housing 28 people,...