Space Tourists Have Booked Their Next Private Mission to the International Space Station By Nancy_A
The Axiom Mission 2 , will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon crew spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Once docked to the ISS, the private astronauts are scheduled to spend 10 days conducting in-orbit activities, such as science experiments and educational outreach.
“Axiom Space’s Ax-2 mission builds upon the success of Ax-1, which demonstrated our team’s ability to work collaboratively with our partners at NASA and SpaceX to plan and execute a complex human spaceflight mission,” said Derek Hassmann, Axiom’s chief of Mission Integration and Operations.
Axiom Space astronaut Mark Pathy conducts a two-way holoportation session from the International Space Station, connecting with Canadian astronauts Dave Williams and Joshua Kutryk at NASA Mission Control.
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