First in history: SpaceX and Axiom Space’s first civilian-crewed ISS journey completed

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which was sent into space in cooperation with SpaceX and Axiom Space on Friday, successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS). The two companies, which brought 3 civilian visitors to the ISS, paying 55 million dollars per person for the trip, broke new ground in history.

Big step in space tourism

Reportedly, the ISS journey, which took about 20 hours starting from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, experienced a 45-minute delay due to a video orientation problem during docking. After the delay, ex-NASA astronaut Michael López, who entered the ISS, Larry Connor from the USA, Eytan Stibbe from Israel and Mark Pathy from Canada will conduct various researches during their visit, which will last a total of one week, and will send some scientific samples to Earth for NASA. they will bring.

Axiom Space, which aims to make similar flights to the ISS twice a year after the first completed voyage, also a module with a sports arena and a movie studio for special visitors plans to build.