Voyager Station hotel to offer luxury vacations that are literally, out of the world. The space restaurant will rival the best venues on Earth

 

@Voyager Station by @Orbital Assembly Corporation

This space hub built by Orbital Assembly Corporation is combining the experience of the last 50 years of space flight and the technology of today, with the dreams of tomorrow. The Voyager Station is now open for reservations.

The first space hotel to be operational in 2026. The Voyager Station is now open for reservations.

Voyager Station is a rotating space station designed to produce varying levels of artificial gravity by increasing or decreasing the rate of rotation. Artificial, or simulated, gravity is essential to long term habitation in space.

The space station has been designed from the start to accommodate business, manufacturing, national space agencies conducting low gravity research, and space tourists who want to experience life on a large space station with the comfort of low gravity and the feel of a luxury hotel.

Early on Voyager Station was named after the father of the Apollo Program that took humanity to the moon. In early 2020 the space station was renamed to Voyager to embody the spirit of what this station will mean to all those who travel there.

Historically, a trip to space cost up to $25 million and that resulted in staying in a Zero-G facility, using vacuums for toilets, sleeping in a bag strapped to a wall, and living in a laboratory.

Voyager Station will leverage the technologies of Space and the comforts of Earth to create a unique experience unparalleled in history. Simulated gravity will offer amenities like toilet facilities, showers, and beds that function similar to what you are used to on Earth. If you are traveling alone or with a partner, the high-end space hotel suites are a great place to book for a three day trip or rent for a month. At 30 m2 (320 sf) , these suites offer private bathrooms, sleeping accommodations for up to 2 people.

@Voyager Station by @Orbital Assembly Corporation

Voyager Station’s Luxury Villas in Space

Voyager Station’s luxury accomodations can be booked for a week, rented for a month, or purchased as a vacation home. The luxury villas are 500 m2 (5,300 sf). They feature cooking facilities, three bathrooms, and sleeping accommodations for up to 16 people.

The station includes a Gym and Activity Module – a place to go anytime of day or night.

The large recreation hall has a ceiling over 7 m (23 ft) high where you will enjoy jumping, running, and playing sports in the 1/6th Earth gravity environment. The lower level gym is equipped with weights and treadmills so that you can work out while watching the Earth and stars rotate below you.

At night the GA will transform into a concert venue where the biggest musicians on Earth will rock the station as it circles the plane.

The space restaurant will offer some Space classics like Tang and freeze dried ice cream, but Voyager’s restaurant will rival the best venues on Earth. Bi-weekly food deliveries ensure that every bite is fresh and delicious.

The Sky Bar offer the best views in the orbital station.

An other worldly water feature will seemingly defy the laws of physics as a curving flow of water falls from the ceiling to the restaurant below. Don’t feel like taking the stairs? Because of the lower gravity, jump off the balcony and gently land on the level below.

@Voyager Station Interior by @Orbital Assembly Corporation
@Voyager Station by @Orbital Assembly Corporation
@Voyager Station Interior Design by @Orbital Assembly Corporation
@Voyager Station by @Orbital Assembly Corporation
@Voyager Station by @Orbital Assembly Corporation

Mumm launches Grand Cordon Stellar – the high-tech champagne for astronauts and other space travelers


Countdown to lift-off: Maison Mumm is bringing conviviality and celebration further that we could ever imagine… where it has yet to be invented.

Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar experience
Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar; photos: mumm.co/stellar

One of the first champagnes to grace the supersonic airliner French Concorde, Mumm will now be the first to be served outside the Earth’s atmosphere.

In September 2018, Pioneer chamapgne Maison Mumm officially launches Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar: a groundbreaking feat of technology that makes it possible for astronauts and other space travelers to enjoy champagne in the challenging surroundings of zero gravity. The fruit of a three-year partnership with Spade – a young agency specialized in space design – Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar employs a revolutionary new bottle and glass concept to transform life in space, making a high-tech champagne ritual available to all in the very near future. Thanks
to Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar, Mumm’s art of celebration – along with a range of exciting new taste characteristics – will now accompany daring achievers in the new era of space exploration.

For Cordon Stellar, Mumm has joined forces with a cutting-edge design start-up. Founded by Octave de Gaulle, Spade is an agency specialized in designing objects for use in space. “For the last 40 years, space travel has been shaped by engineers rather than designers. Instead of seeing zero gravity as a problem to be solved, we look at it as a design possibility,” Octave de Gaulle explains. “The big design challenge for Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar was actually getting the liquid out of the bottle.”

Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar Project
Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar Project; source: youtube Champagne G. H. MUMM

The high-tech bottle design crafted from transparent glass uses the champagne’s gas to expel the liquid into a ring- shaped frame, where it is concentrated into a droplet of bubbles. It can then be passed to someone and released into the air, where it floats until gathered up in a specially designed glass.

The innovation isn’t confined to technology. In the unique conditions of zero gravity, Mumm Grand Cordon takes on new and unsuspected taste characteristics too. The sensations begin as soon as the wine leaves the bottle, appearing as an effervescent ball of foam. The novelty continues when the champagne enters the mouth, where the foam transforms itself into a liquid. “It’s a very surprising feeling,” explains Mumm’s Cellar Master Didier Mariotti.

“Because of zero gravity, the liquid instantly coats the entire inside of the mouth, magnifying the taste sensations. There’s less fizziness and more roundness and generosity, enabling the wine to express itself fully.” The result intensifies and concentrates Mumm Grand Cordon’s signature style, unleashing the power of Pinot Noir.

The new glass design features a tapering stem – adorned with a red sash in homage to Mumm Grand Cordon – crowned by a slightly concave cup five centimeters in diameter. Surface tension makes the floating droplet adhere to the glass, allowing it to be raised to the lips.

Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar should soon be served to participants in the zero gravity flights organized by Air Zero G, while discussions are in progress to supply it to future space missions and commercial space flights.

Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar
Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar; photos: mumm.co/stellar
Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar experience-
Mumm Grand Cordon Stellar; photos: mumm.co/stellar

Europe’s Zero-G reduced gravity aircraft to start making commercial flights

‘Vomit Comet’ sets commercial flights in Europe  From March 15, Europe’s “Zero-G” aircraft will start commercial flights offering true weightlessness without going to space. The ZERO-G Experience is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience true weightlessness. On the specially modified Boeing, parabolic arcs are performed to create a weightless environment allowing to float, flip and soar as if … Read more