Space tourism is undoubtedly one of the biggest targets of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The institution, which has dreams within the scope of space tourism to the Moon and then to Mars, will organize space tourism to the International Space Station (ISS) as the first step of this. However, the project, called Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), is facing some problems.
Axiom Mission 1 delayed for the fourth time
The countdown has begun for the space tourism mission at NASA. The mission is hosted by Texas-based Axiom Space. It will also use SpaceX’s tested and approved Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft. NASA was aiming to launch the first space tourism mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 3.
NASA has announced that the launch may be delayed for several days due to some issues. The mission has been postponed by 3 days to April 6 due to ongoing preparations on the launch pad. Although it seems like a small delay, the fact that the task is not the first postponement for the same reason continues to leave a question mark in mind. Mission
Ax-1 was to be first performed in late February. Due to preparations and ISS traffic, the launch was postponed to the last week of March. After these delays, the task was postponed again, as the final talks on the preparations were called, and it was moved to April 3. With the statement made today, the task was postponed for the fourth time.
4-person private astronaut task force consisting of civilians to be launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to go to the ISS, Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket, which has now become the most reliable in the industry will be launched with The 4-person private astronaut group is comprised of Canadian investor Mark Pathy, American entrepreneur Larry Connor, former Israeli Air Force pilot Eytan Stibbe and a former NASA mission commander, Michael López-Alegría.
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