The private Ax-1 astronaut mission heralds an exciting new era in spaceflight (op-ed)

Private space stations are coming.

is perhaps the beginning of a new era in human spaceflight — not because of the identity of the private astronauts, but because of the ecosystem that's emerging around them.

Ax-1 astronaut Eytan Stibbe and Ramon Foundation director-general Ran Livne stand near the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that will launch the Ax-1 mission from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A on April 8, 2022.

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