The Aurora Space Station was a technology concept for a private commercial space station in low Earth orbit that was announced on 5 March 2018 by Orion Span, a startup aerospace company in California, United States funded by Pear Venture and Berkeley SkyDeck.
[5] Frank Bunger, the founder and CEO of Orion Span, stated that the Aurora Station would offer to space tourists a 12-day stay for US$9.5 million.
[1][2] He said that the design concept is such that the station would not require extravehicular activities (spacewalks) for assembly and operation.
Orion Span plans to design, test and build the station in Houston, Texas.
[1] The company has yet to sign a launch contract, but stated that this commercial station would be deployed in low Earth orbit in 2021,[1] and start to receive passengers in 2022.