Space tourists can blast off to ISS next year for RM230m per ticket
Friday, 06 Mar 2020 01:51 PM MYTAxiom Space is inviting individuals seeking out a trip of a lifetime. ― forplayday/istockphoto/AFP
The company signed a contract with SpaceX to transport a commander professionally trained by Axiom alongside three private astronauts on a Crew Dragon spacecraft for the 10-day trip, and The New York Times reports that tickets will cost US$55 million each. “This will be just the first of many missions to the ISS to be completely crewed and managed by Axiom Space ― a first for a commercial entity,” he said in the statement published on Axiom’s website.
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