We're days away from SpaceX's first all-private launch to the ISS. 🚀
vehicles, but this will be the first time a crew of space tourists flies to the station without a government astronaut — López-Alegría has flown on three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission, but he is currently contracted by Axiom Space.last year, which sent an all-civilian crew into Earth orbit for a total of four days.
on the adjacent Pad 39B. NASA's rehearsal was held up by technical issues, however, and it will now take place after the Ax-1 mission.The Artemis 1 mission will send NASA's SLS launch vehicle around the Moon in preparation for Artemis II, which will send astronauts around the Moon, and then Artemis III, which will carry out the first human Moon landings since 1972. Artemis III will use SpaceX'sFalcon 9 ready at Launch Pad 39A.
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