Three lay people astronauts and a former NASA Astronaut have reached the International Space Station ISS after a flight of almost 30 hours Thursday afternoon. The “AX -4” mission was previously postponed to rock and eat several times due to technical problems.
It is the fourth commercial space emission of the Axiom Space Company based in Houston, Texas, in collaboration with the US Room Trip Authority NASA and SpaceX. For the Indian Shubhanshu Shuckla, the Hungary Tibor Kapu and the Poland Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, it was the first full-flight. The former NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson has been in space several times.
The crew of the “AX -4” mission is to spend approximately two weeks on board the station and to participate in countless scientific experiments. Also on the ISS, NASA astronauts Nicole Ayers, Anne McClain and Jonny Kim, the Japanese space traveler Takuya Onish as well as the Russian Kosmonauts Kirill Peskow, Sergej Ryschikow and Alexej Subrizki.
Flight costs around 70 million euros per person
According to media reports, a flight via Axioma costs around 70 million euros per passenger. In 2022, the company organized the first private mission for the ISS and others followed. After almost three weeks, the third Axiom mission until then was the longest commercial space -trip excursion
Source: Krone
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