January 26, 2021 06:57 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/26/22250327/space-tourists-axiom-private-crew-iss-price
Axiom names first private crew paying $55 million for a trip to the ISS
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 crew to journey to the International Space Station. The trio will hitch a ride on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule early next year, with a veteran NASA astronaut as the commander.
The Ax-1 mission, arranged by Houston, Texas-based space tourism company Axiom Space, is a watershed moment for the space industry as companies race to make space travel more accessible to private customers instead of governments. Private citizens have trekked to the space station in the past, but the Ax-1 mission marks the first to use a commercially built astronaut capsule: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon,...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/26/22250327/space-tourists-axiom-private-crew-iss-price
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