Russia built the first hotel in the universe

Russia has just announced an ambitious plan to build the first luxury hotel in space.

According to eraspark , this space hotel is called "Commercial Space Station" (CSS), located nearly 350 km from the earth, has rooms for 7 people in 4 cabins and large windows overlooking the earth below.

The pictures illustrate the first space hotel built by Russia. (Graphics: Orbital Technologies)

Visitors to the space trip will spend two days on the Soyuz transport to reach the hotel. The owner of the hotel, Orbital Technologies, expects the project to be completed and open to tourists in 2016.

Orbital Technologies asserts that this hotel will be more luxurious and comfortable than the International Space Station (ISS) for astronauts. Guests as well as the crew will enjoy meals prepared in the earth and heated by the microwave. Stimulants are forbidden to be used in hotels and visitors can choose bedding in either vertical or horizontal direction. The toilet will use air instead of water to move waste, filter off unpleasant odors and bacteria. Astronauts from ISS can also use the hotel in an emergency.

"This hotel is for upscale guests and people working for private companies who want to study space," said Sergei Kostenko, director of Orbital Technologies.

Of course, the cost of a vacation on space is not cheap. The 5-day package here costs more than 350,000 euros, equivalent to USD 500,000.