let s have a look at a few more details. the first all private mission flight is being hailed as a milestone in the commercialisation of space flight. the four men are led by a former us space agency astronaut, michael lopez alegria. passengers include a us real estate entrepreneur and aerobatic pilot larry connor, israeli investor eytan stibbe, and canadian entrepreneur mark pathy. the mission set off from florida kennedy space center and is expected to last eight days. and whilst on board the international space station they ll undertake some scientific research as well as conduct a number of outreach projects. the firm is planning a series of similar missions to the iss. the next one, axiom 2, will take place either later this year or in early 2023 and will include a crew member chosen through a reality tv series. dr ariel ekblaw is director of the mit space exploration initiative. dr ekblaw s research project has been sent to the international space station as part of the private
space station. this is their arrival earlier. the all male crew are called the axiom 1. let s have a look at a few more details. the first all private mission flight is being hailed as a milestone in the commercialisation of space flight. the four men are led by a former us space agency astronaut, michael lopez alegria. passengers include a us real estate entrepreneur and aerobatic pilot larry connor, israeli investor eytan stibbe and canadian entrepreneur, mark pathy. the mission set off from florida kennedy space center and is expected to last eight days. they ll undertake some scientific research, as well as conduct a number of outreach projects. the firm is planning a series of similar missions to the iss. the next one, axiom 2, will take place either later this year or in early 2023 and will include a crew member chosen through a reality tv series. earlier i spoke to kathy leuders who leads nasa s human spaceflight programme. i asked her what these particular astronauts will be
the international space station they ll undertake some scientific research, as well as conduct a number of outreach projects. the firm is planning a series of similar missions to the iss. the next one, axiom 2, will take place either later this year or in early 2023 and will include a crew member chosen through a reality tv series. earlier i spoke to tariq malik eidtor in chief of space.com about the significance of this mission. this mission was arranged by a us company which wants to build their own private space station so this is just a dry run for how these commercial flights could run and in the future they will add a new module to the international space station. with your expertise is this the future of space travel? companies like this doing this kind of project? i think what we re seeing now is an early glimpse of what future space travel will look like. we are seeing now the first space tourist, research flights to space station. nasa is looking for four or five