After Paying $55 Million Each, Three Businessmen Begin Space Rocket Ride With Elon Musk's SpaceX
Three multimillionaire businessmen have reportedly paid $55 million each and taken off on a space rocket ride with ISS and Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Three multimillionaire businessmen have recently taken off on a space rocket ride with the International Space Station (ISS), with the mission named 'Axiom Mission 1'.
This event has been hailed as a milestone for commercial space exploration, as per SkyNews.
Each of the three businessmen- America¡¯s Larry Connor, Canada¡¯s Mark Pathy and Israel¡¯s Eytan Stibbe had paid $55m (?42m) last year for the rocket ride and accommodation.
The space rocket and mission took off on April 9th 2022.
NASA TV
The four men were welcomed onboard the ISS last Saturday by the crew there, with NASA joining Russia in hosting guests at the world's most expensive tourist destination.
The launch, codenamed Ax-1, was commissioned by Axiom Space, a US space infrastructure developer.
The Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1)¡¯s rocket will spend more than a week in orbit around the Earth.
The former NASA astronaut Michael L¨®pez-Alegr¨ªa, who escorted the three businessmen, is the company's vice president of business development.
This launch was the sixth human spaceflight conducted by Elon Musk¡¯s SpaceX, and the first private launch that it has reportedly docked with the ISS.
NASA TV
Here are some photos shared on Twitter by SpaceX & ISS.
Photos from the @space_station of Dragon and the Ax-1 astronauts approaching the orbiting laboratory before docking on Saturday, April 9 pic.twitter.com/4OG189TG9c
¡ª SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 12, 2022
Four #Ax1 astronauts from @Axiom_Space opened the @SpaceX Dragon Endeavour hatch today at 10:13am ET, entered the station, and met the seven-member Exp 67 crew. https://t.co/Qj9EA0wf0x
¡ª International Space Station (@Space_Station) April 9, 2022
#Ax1 crew welcomed by the @space_station crews as they leave Dragon and enter into their home for the next 8 days pic.twitter.com/ewgYizC2Kv
¡ª Axiom Space (@Axiom_Space) April 9, 2022
Docking confirmed! pic.twitter.com/YPyF3aRwO7
¡ª SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 9, 2022
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