SpaceX completes Axiom's second private launch mission and sends four people to the International Space Station
On Sunday, May 22nd, SpaceX helped private space company AxiomSpace complete the second batch of private astronaut launch missions, sending four people to the International Space Station for scientific research missions, including two civilians from Saudi Arabia.At 5:37 p
On Sunday, May 22nd, SpaceX helped private space company AxiomSpace complete the second batch of private astronaut launch missions, sending four people to the International Space Station for scientific research missions, including two civilians from Saudi Arabia.
At 5:37 p.m. Sunday, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the second batch of AxiomSpace civilian astronauts going into space. This indicates that the field of human space flight is rapidly developing, and it is no longer only national institutions that have the necessary funds to train and launch humans into space.
The four astronauts are expected to arrive at the space station around 9:30 am Eastern Time on Monday (21:30 pm Beijing Time on the same day) and stay there for eight days for research and scientific experiments. AxiomSpace did not disclose the specific cost of this launch mission, but its first mission paid a ticket price of up to $55 million per seat.
AxiomSpace provided training for this space flight and commissioned SpaceX launch. AxiomSpace's long-term goal is to build its own space station in low Earth orbit and continue to send people from all over the world into space. The company also signed a contract with NASA to help them manufacture spacesuits for astronauts performing missions on the lunar surface.
The Axiom-2 mission on Sunday was led by Peggy Whitson, a senior astronaut at NASA who has completed 10 spacewalks and stayed in space for 665 days, more than any other American astronaut. She is currently the head of manned space operations at AxiomSpace and will be conducting her fourth space mission.
Along with Whitson, there is also Rayyanah Barnawi, a biomedical researcher specializing in stem cell research, who will become the first Saudi woman to enter space. Ali Alqarni is also from Saudi Arabia and, as a former member of the Saudi Air Force, has flown multiple planes.
The crew of the Axiom-2 mission, starting from the left:John ShoffnerRayana BanawiPeggy Annette Whitson andAli Alkani
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