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Jan 26, 2021 · Axiom Space said it is working with NASA to finalize an agreement to enable private astronaut missions, including Ax-1. The company's goal is to offer two private and national astronaut flights to ...
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Jan 26, 2021 · Jan 26, 2021, 10:57 AM PST. An American real estate investor, a Canadian investor, and a former Israeli Air Force pilot are paying $55 million each to be part of the first fully private astronaut ...
Jan 26, 2021 · Published 10:15 AM PST, January 26, 2021. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first private space station crew was introduced Tuesday: Three men who are each paying $55 million to fly on a SpaceX rocket. They’ll be led by a former NASA astronaut now working for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the trip for next January.
Jan 27, 2021 · That is a nightly rate of around $35,000 per human, which corresponds to $1.1 million for an eight-night stay for the four crew members on the Ax-1 mission, including Commander López-Alegría.
Axiom Mission 1. Axiom Mission 1 (or Ax-1) [3] was a privately funded and operated crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission was operated by Axiom Space out of Axiom's Mission Control Center MCC-A [4] in Houston, Texas. The flight launched on 8 April 2022 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. [5]
Jan 27, 2021 · All of the private astronauts for the upcoming mission are far older than the average NASA astronaut's age of 34. The space agency does not have age restrictions for astronaut candidates, who ...
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Apr 8, 2022 · The Ax-1 mission is carrying three paying passengers and a retired NASA astronaut to the orbital outpost for the company Axiom Space. By The New York Times Published April 8, 2022 Updated Oct. 23 ...