US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Undoubtedly, one of the biggest goals of space tourism is located. The institution, which has dreams of space tourism to the Moon and then to Mars, took the first step of this. to the International Space Station (ISS) will organize space tourism. However Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) The project, called the project, continues to face some problems.
NASA launches first space tourists to ISS! Here is the date
NASA is counting the days to send ISS tourists into space. The four-man crew will travel to the ISS with SpaceX equipment.
Ax-1 mission postponed to 8 April
Mission is based in Texas Axiom Space in his mission organized by SpaceX‘of Falcon 9 with his rocket Crew Dragon spacecraft will be used. NASA intended to make its first space tourism mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 6, after recent delays. However, his mission will be postponed once again to be carried out on April 8th.
The final corner for the space tourism mission at NASA is about to enter. Although it may seem like a small postponement news at first glance, the fact that the task is the fifth postponement with similar news increases the number of question marks in mind. Moreover, no statement was made about the final postponement.
When the Ax-1 mission was originally planned, February was chosen as the launch month. However, the launch was postponed to the last week of March due to preparations and ISS traffic. After these delays, the work continued, but on the pretext of the last talks about the preparations, the task was postponed again and moved to April 3.
It was announced in the past days that it was postponed to April 6, stating that tests will be carried out on the launch pad. With the detailed announcement made today, the mission has been postponed for the fifth time. “Is there another reason behind these delays? Is there a possibility that the mission will be postponed?” The number of such questions began to increase.
The private astronaut task force consisting of 4 civilians, which will be launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to go to the ISS, will be launched with Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket, which has now become the most reliable in the industry. The 4-person private astronaut group is comprised of Canadian investor Mark Pathy, American entrepreneur Larry Connor, former Israeli Air Force pilot Eytan Stibbe and a former NASA mission commander, Michael López-Alegría.
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