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I don't want to really fly there, it would last too long and probably would be too expensive.

But nevertheless I really wonder if it is already possible, and if so, how expensive it is and which companies offer such ventures.

{ asked by RoflcoptrException }

ANSWER

  1. Currently the only variant to visit the cosmos is to go to the International Space Station
  2. The only way to visit the ISS is to go there aboard a Russian Soyuz (spacecraft). Note: you must go through some training before this.
  3. The price is up to $40 000 000 (and $15 000 000 more to go to open space).
  4. In the near future the Russian company RosCosmos is going to provide tours around the Moon, but it is still a project, not a real tour perspective.
  5. Other tours are all about near-Earth flights.

Update

Space Adventures announced the first commercial flight to the Moon in 2017 (50 years from Appolo 1 flight), the price is $300.000.000 for two places. Flight will be done via russian Soyuz.

Good luck!

{ answered by VMAtm }
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