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Orbite

Orbite's Brienna Rommes in classroom

A taste of space on Earth: Astronaut training startup raises $4M to market way-out experiences

Seattle-based Orbite says that it’s completed a $4 million funding round and sealed a strategic deal with Accor, one of… Read More

Illustration: Interior of Orbite astronaut training facility

Orbite is raising funds as it gets set to expand training programs for spacefliers

Orbite Space, a venture that aims to offer down-to-Earth spaceflight training programs on a “try before you fly” basis, is… Read More

Orbite customers on zero-G airplane flight

Orbite begins the launch countdown for its commercial astronaut training programs

After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called… Read More

Orbite zero-G training

Orbite’s plans for space training complex get a boost from famed French designer Philippe Starck

The French designer who created the look for Virgin Galactic, Spaceport America and Axiom Space’s orbital habitat has taken on… Read More

Brienna Rommes

Try before you fly: Orbite sets schedule for luxurious astronaut orientation sessions

Wanna take a ride to space? There’s a smorgasbord of spaceflight shaping up for paying customers, ranging from the suborbital… Read More

Orbite management team

Former Spaceflight CEO and French entrepreneur join forces to launch astronaut training startup

If the 2010s were the decade when small satellites revolutionized the space industry, the 2020s will be when commercial space… Read More

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