Crew of private astronauts pay $55 million each to visit Space Station Chron 1/29/2021 © Axiom Space
A private crew of three men is scheduled to spend eight days at the International Space Station (ISS) after they each paid $55 million to join the new Ax-1 mission from Houston-based company Axiom Space.
Three men from three different countries will make the historic trip led by former NASA astronaut and Axiom vice-president Michael López-Alegría, in what is The first private ISS crew in the history of humankind, Axiom said in a tweet.
According to an Axiom press release, the trip is scheduled for January 2022 and includes a multi-national crew made up of American Larry Connor, an entrepreneur, and non-profit activist investor, Canadian investor and philanthropist, Mark Pathy, and Israeli businessman Eytan Stibbe.
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The first-ever private excursion to the International Space Station includes a crew of former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, far left, along with Canadian Mark Pathy, American Larry Connor and Israeli Eytan Stibbe.
A crew of private astronauts will pay around $55 million each to spend about eight days at the International Space Station next January in what would be a new step for joint private-public space missions. Axiom Space, a Houston company, says the trip will be led by former NASA astronaut and space station commander Michael López-Alegría.
The proposed Ax-1 mission will use a SpaceX rocket to put three paying customers American Larry Connor, Canadian Mark Pathy and Israeli Eytan Stibbe – into low-Earth orbit on the space station. All of the trio are wealthy entrepreneurs and investors. The group will be under the command of López-Alegría, who is now an executive at Axiom.