There are now three paying clients and a veteran NASA astronaut on board this novel expedition lasting around 10 days, which has docked at the International Space Station.
#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
— Axiom Space (@Axiom_Space) April 9, 2022
Conducted Friday morning from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, the operation was a huge success. After separating from the rocket, the spacecraft spent nearly 20 hours in free flight as it approached the International Space Station.
One of Axiom Space’s primary goals is to let anybody who can finance it go into space by booking rocket rides and providing all of the required training and organizing trips to the International Space Station (ISS). With the US state and private sector’s desire to increase commercial business on ISS and beyond, this is all part of the plan.
Upon arrival at the International Space Station, they joined seven other professional astronauts, comprising 3 NASA cosmonauts, one German astronaut, plus three Russian cosmonauts, onboard the spacecraft.
Russian Soyuz spacecraft have previously sent affluent thrill seekers to the International Space Station in exchange for charging clients or other non-astronauts. Nonetheless, this will be the first time in history that a private citizen crew has taken part in a space trip. This is also the first trip to the International Space Station by a private spacecraft built in the United States.
Every member of the team has a checklist of investigative topics they want to pursue.
According to Axiom, Connor’s study will focus on how spaceflight impacts senescent cells, which have stopped their normal reproduction process and are thought to be a contributing factor in a variety of age-related disorders.
The crew will be able to take advantage of the expansive vistas of Earth when on downtime. They’ll also eat with the rest of the crew at some time.
