Celebrities in space

Leonardo DiCaprio

Not only has he bought a ticket to board Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, he also auctioned the seat next to him off for £1 million ($1.5 million), with all proceeds going to charity.

Yusaku Maezawa

SpaceX’s luxury trip to the Moon is going to the Japanese billionaire and a group of artists. This trip could take place as early as 2023.

Justin Bieber

Sir Richard Branson announced the Canadian pop sensation will be a Virgin Galactic astronaut in 2013. Bieber also seemed keen to shoot a music video in space as well.

Tom Hanks

The Apollo 13 star is one of the hundreds of people to buy a ticket on SpaceShipTwo, forking out roughly a quarter of a million dollars.

Ashton Kutcher

The American actor became Virgin Galactic’s

500th paying customer for a journey on SpaceShipTwo in 2012.