CASC begins suborbital space‑tourism sales with tickets from US$140,534

China's state‑owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has opened sales for suborbital space‑tourism packages with tickets starting at US$140,534, an offering billed as lower‑priced than recent U.S. private-tourism options and aimed at expanding domestic commercial human spaceflight.

Discovered 2025-11-13T16:16:47.279035-08:00 | 2025-11-13T16:16:47.279035-08:00

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CASC has announced suborbital ticket sales starting at US$140,534 — a concrete price point that the company says undercuts recent U.S. private‑tourism offers, marking a commercial entry into human spaceflight at scale.
The program is backed by a state‑owned aerospace giant amid China’s rapid build‑out of commercial launch capability, increasing the nation’s capacity to field routine suborbital flights; see China’s broader commercial launcher build‑up (https://hype.aero/?story=5cd0aacc-c9df-40f7-8a76-18a16b0a69fd) and ongoing crewed Tiangong operations (https://hype.aero/?story=2478d026-2c50-4564-8a89-b79f5bab3aa6).

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SpaceNews.com travelandtourworld.com koreatimes.co.kr South China Morning Post