The first group of human astronauts launched from the International Space Station (ISS) landed safely on the orbital research platform on Saturday (April 9) to launch a week-long research mission that has been dubbed a key in the science industry. space flights.

The meeting came about 9 p.m. after a group of four representatives from Houston-based startup Axiom Space Inc were released Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the Falcon 9 rocket launched by SpaceX.

The Crew Dragon capsule was launched into orbit by a rocket launched from the ISS at 8:30 a.m. EDT (12:30 GMT) on Saturday. This is the NASA site as the two planes fly 420 miles (250 miles) above the Atlantic Ocean. connections have been found.

The final approach was delayed due to unreasonable restrictions on the use of video to monitor the ISS and tablets. snafu stopped the Crew Dragon and forced it to stay 20m from the station for 45 minutes, which solved the target control issue. Once docked, it was estimated that it would take two more hours to close the car park at the car park and staff helmets and check for leaks before the hatch opened to allow new passengers to arrive at the ISS.

Multicultural group Axiom, which plans to spend eight days in orbit, is the company's vice president of industrial development, led by Spanish-born retired NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, 63.

The Ax-1 crew members served as specialists as Israeli merchant, financial adviser and former pilot Eytan Stibbe, 64, and Canadian businessman and philanthropist, Mark Paty, 52.

Steven became the second Israeli to fly in space after Ilan Ramon, who was killed along with six NASA crew members in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

They will join the current occupants of the ISS, including seven government personnel, the station's permanent crew: three American scientists, a German astronaut based in Europe and our Russian scientist. 


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Newcomers will be able to accommodate 24 of the science and biomedical experiments required on the ISS, including research into brain health, heart, stem cells, leukemia and the pathology of aging, with demonstration of the use of digital technology for applying the tension of liquids in microgravity to create optical devices.

The mission, a partnership between Axiom, the Elon Musk rocket company SpaceX and NASA, announced its three key areas in expanding the spacecraft that people in the so-called weak economy. Abbreviation for "LEO industry".

A NASA official said the model would help the US space agency focus on a number of major scientific research projects, including the Artemis program which sent humans to the Moon and finally Mars.

While the station is primarily visited by the public, the Ax-1 mission is the first team of astronauts to be sent to the ISS with the goal of being an orbiting research facility.

Mission Axiom is also SpaceX's sixth human spacecraft in nearly two years. It follows a four-pronged mission led by NASA scientists and launched "Inspiration 4" in September, which provided the world's first manned mission. The plane did not stop with the ISS.

Axiom executives say they are working on astronaut projects and plan to build a space station in Earth orbit to deliver thrills to billionaires such as Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, which are billionaires based on entrepreneur Jeff Bezos and Richard. heavenly service. Branson.