Keisuke Iwaya unveils a two-seater cabin and balloon capable of rising to an altitude of 24km. Photo: AP/Eugene Hoshiko Expand

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Keisuke Iwaya unveils a two-seater cabin and balloon capable of rising to an altitude of 24km. Photo: AP/Eugene Hoshiko

Keisuke Iwaya unveils a two-seater cabin and balloon capable of rising to an altitude of 24km. Photo: AP/Eugene Hoshiko

Keisuke Iwaya unveils a two-seater cabin and balloon capable of rising to an altitude of 24km. Photo: AP/Eugene Hoshiko

James Crisp

If you want to be a space tourist but don’t have millions to spare, a Japanese start-up is offering the chance to fly high into the stratosphere in a two-seater cabin attached to a helium balloon.

For around €170,000 travellers will be able to take a “gentle” journey 24km up into the sky where they will have a perfect view of space and be able to see the curve of the Earth beneath them. And unlike other companies offering space tourism, there is almost no training required.

Telegraph Media Group Limited [2023]