A former decorated NASA astronaut and an international crew of paying customers will become the first to dock at the International Space Station as an all-private mission flying in SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft next month.
A former decorated NASA astronaut and an international crew of paying customers will become the first to dock at the International Space Station as an all-private mission flying infor its customers from SpaceX in the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The first is called Axiom Mission-1. Axiom Space Ax-1 Commander Michael López-Alegría.
His work on Ax-1 leverages his experience in traditional government space exploration to help forge a new era of private human spaceflight, Axiom Space says.Father of three and representing Canada, Mark Pathy will become the 11th Canadian to go to space and the second as a private astronaut. The married father of three from Dayton, Ohio, is an entrepreneur, nonprofit activist investor and the Ax-1 Pilot.
Through the Ax-1 mission, Axiom Space says that Connor will become the first private pilot to reach the ISS and the first human to reach the deepest ocean depths and outer space within one year.Eytan Stibbe, 62, is an impact investor, philanthropist, and mission specialist. He lives in Israel with his wife Ora, where he spends time with his three children and four grandchildren. He was friends with Ilan Roman, the Israeli astronaut who died during the Columbia tragedy.
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