# Huang Jingyu

China’s Space Tourists Are Coming — But Only for the Elite (For Now)

China is on the verge of joining the small club of nations offering commercial suborbital flights, with private firms targeting crewed launches in 2027–2028 and celebrities such as Huang Jingyu buying early tickets. The experience is short but intense — minutes of weightlessness and a planetary panorama — and remains prohibitively expensive until reusable launch systems and regulatory approvals bring costs down.