CNN by Maureen O'Hare 1/21/2019
Want to see 16 sunrises in one day? Float in zero gravity? Be one of the few to have gazed upon our home planet from space?
In just two years' time, and for an astronomical $9.5 million dollars, it's claimed you can.
Interior renderings of the world's first luxury space hotel, Aurora Station, were unveiled Thursday for the first time.
Developed by US-based space technology start-up Orion Span, the fully modular space station will host six people at a time, including two crew members, for 12-day space travel tours.
It plans to welcome its first guests in 2021 -- a year earlier than the 2022 date announced in April 2018.
"Our goal is to make space accessible to all," Frank Bunger, CEO and founder of Orion Span, said in a statement last year. "Upon launch, Aurora Station goes into service immediately, bringing travelers into space quickly and at a lower price point than ever seen before."
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