spaceflight participant
C9115
concept
A spaceflight participant is a non-professional individual who travels into space, typically as a tourist, researcher, or guest, without serving as a career astronaut or cosmonaut.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| space tourist | 6 |
| commercial astronaut | 2 |
| private astronaut | 1 |
| spaceflight participant canonical | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: spaceflight participant
Generated description
A spaceflight participant is a non-professional individual who travels into space, typically as a tourist, researcher, or guest, without serving as a career astronaut or cosmonaut.
Instances (10)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Charles Simonyi | space tourist |
| Christa McAuliffe | — |
| Mike Melvill | commercial astronaut |
| Guy Laliberté | space tourist |
|
Simonyi
surface form:
Charles Simonyi
|
space tourist |
| Jared Isaacman | private astronaut |
| Oliver Daemen | space tourist |
|
Oliver Daemen – Dutch student and paying customer
surface form:
Oliver Daemen
|
space tourist |
| Mark Shuttleworth | space tourist |
|
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria
surface form:
Michael E. López-Alegría
|
commercial astronaut |