First private mission reaches InternationalSpaceStation
NASA has hailed the three-way partnership with Axiom and SpaceX as a key step towards commercializing the region of space known as"Low Earth Orbit," leaving the agency to focus on more ambitious voyages deeper into the cosmos.crew
He is joined by three paying crewmates: American real estate investor Larry Connor, Canadian investor and philanthropist Mark Pathy, and Israeli former fighter pilot, investor and philanthropist Eytan Stibbe. In addition, crewmember Stibbe plans to pay tribute to his late friend Ilan Ramon, Israel's first astronaut, who died in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spaceship disintegrated upon reentry.diary, as well as mementos from his children, will be brought to the station by Stibbe.
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