Interest in space tourism projects is increasing day by day. The first to open the door of this sector was Russia, which sent billionaire businessman Dennis Titov into space in 2001. In fact, it is known that a film crew shot various shots in the ISS last year.
Then, Russia shared with the public its efforts to monopolize the industry with 2 new Soyuz MS vehicles that will come off the production line by 2024. But the US side, especially NASA and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, is quite ambitious in this regard. Because although it was postponed last week for some negative reasons, the Ax-1 (Axiom first launch) mission is taking place today.
NASA’s first space tourism mission to the ISS, Ax-1, has been delayed for the fifth time!
NASA’s first space tourism mission to the ISS turned into a snake story. The date of the mission has been postponed again.
The launch for the Ax-1 space tourism project took place at 18:17 today!
Organized by Jeff Bezos’ aerospace research company Blue Origin—including in the movies Bezos and Star Trek Captain Kirkenlivening the William ShatnerThe successful launch, which consisted of civilian passengers and crossed the Karman Line for a few minutes, was only the beginning of what was to be done on the US side.
Because NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin companies are taking various steps, some joint and some individual space tourism projects. Chief among these are flights to the ISS. In fact, the launch, which was delayed 5 times due to last-minute delays, was to take place in February.
Therefore, with its final date, today, the 4-person private astronaut task force, consisting of civilians, to be launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to go to the ISS, will exceed the atmosphere with Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket, which has now become the most reliable in the industry. Then they will travel in the Crew Dragon spacecraft, which is also made by SpaceX, and arrive at the International Space Base.
You can click the link below to watch the launch live.
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