The first tourists who went to the ISS with the Ax-1 mission carried out by Axiom Space in the past days were stranded at the station. NASA has delayed the return flights of civilian astronauts due to adverse weather conditions.
The private space company called Axiom Space signed off on the mission, a first for humanity, on April 8th. The International Space Station (ISS), with the mission carried out in partnership with NASA and with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon vehicle, began hosting civilian astronauts for the first time in its history. But civilian astronauts landing on the ISS will have to stay in space longer than planned.
NASA, in its newly shared statement, said that the bad weather conditions off Florida, where SpaceX landed the Crew Dragon vehicle, caused the astronauts to postponed the return date explained. Moreover, this postponement was not just a one-day postponement. Civil astronauts scheduled to return on April 20, with the new postponement They will be able to return on April 24.
There is enough material for everyone:
In the continuation of the statement made by NASA, information was also given about the stocks on the ISS. NASA, located there on the station There is enough food for 11 people. explained. On the other hand, the mood of the civilian astronauts who went to the station for the first time and probably faced difficult conditions was not mentioned.
With the Ax-1 mission, the International Space Station became home to Canadian investor Mark Pathy, American real estate investor Larry Connor and former Israeli Air Force pilot Eytan Stibbe. Three names, veteran NASA astronauts Led by Michael Lopez-Alegria reached the station.
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