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), continues to face some problems.
Ax-1 mission postponed to April 8
Mission SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will be used in the mission organized by Texas-based Axiom Space. NASA intended to make its first space tourism mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 6, after recent delays. However, his mission will be postponed once again, to be carried out on April 8th.
NASA is about to enter the final corner for the space tourism mission. Although it may seem like a small postponement news at first glance, the fact that the task is the fifth postponement with similar news increases the number of question marks in mind. Moreover, no statement was made about the final postponement. When the
Ax-1 mission was originally planned, February was chosen as the launch month. However, the launch was postponed to the last week of March due to preparations and ISS traffic. After these delays, the work continued, but on the pretext of the last talks about the preparations, the task was postponed again and shifted to April 3.
It was announced in the past days that it was postponed to April 6, stating that tests will be carried out on the launch pad. The mission has been postponed for the fifth time, with the detailed announcement made today. “Is there another reason behind these delays? Is there any chance that the mission will be postponed?” The number of such questions began to increase.
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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