Soaring to new frontiers: Space Perspective plans first manned flight for 2025

Space Perspective completed its first uncrewed test flight Sept. 15, 2024 .

The company's first manned flight will take place in 2025 .

Space Perspective's Spaceship Neptune capsule is a spherical pressurized capsule measuring 16 feet in diameter that can accommodate eight passengers and a captain.

TPG spoke with Space Perspective co-founder Taber MacCallum and interim CEO Michael Savage .

Richard Branson will be a co-pilot on the first crewed flight of Space Perspective .

The capsule is surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows for panoramic views of the scenic journey above Earth .

The seats are designed with safety and comfort elements that rival that of any commercial aircraft.

Space Perspective has sold more than 1,800 reservations.

Space Perspective is set on making this life-changing journey accessible to as many people as possible.

With high-end amenities, panoramic views and a gentle, six-hour flight to soak it all in, Space Perspective's "atmospheric" journey to the stratosphere is redefining the meaning of space tourism.