Meet the men paying $55 million each for a flight to the space station Author: Christian Davenport, The Washington Post Updated: January 26 Published January 26
This combination of photos provided by Axiom Space in January 2021 shows, from left, Larry Connor, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, Axiom announced they will be the first private space station crew, a year ahead of the planned launch. (Courtesy Axiom Space via AP)
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Print article Two are grandfathers, the other has three young children. All three are extremely wealthy, with the means to pay the $55 million ticket price for an eight-day stay on the International Space Station. They are the first would-be spaceflight crew composed entirely of private citizens in a mission to the station.
Larry Connor, a Dayton entrepreneur, will pilot the proposed first private mission to the International Space Station.
Conner is one of the four-person team of Axiom Space s Axiom Mission 1. The Ax1 mission will be the first fully private crew to visit the ISS, officials said. The mission is set for after January 2022.
Connor is the founder and managing partner of The Connor Group, a real estate company based out of Dayton, Ohio. He is a Dayton native and pilot who has flown more than 16 different aircraft. I believe space is the last great frontier,” Connor said in a statement. “I’m thrilled and honored to be a part of this historic mission.”
2 months ago Share $93.25 million apartment investment represents Ohio company’s second deal in Tampa Bay in as many years. by: Kevin McQuaid Commercial Real Estate Editor
The Connor Group, a Dayton, Ohio-based investment firm with more than $3.3 billion in assets, has purchased the Bayside Arbors apartments in Clearwater for $93.25 million, records show.
The mid-December acquisition represents the company’s second in as many years in the Tampa Bay area. In mid-2019, Connor Group bought the newly completed, 394-unit Anchor Riverwalk complex in downtown Tampa for $123 million.
Bayside Arbors acquired the 2729 Seville Blvd. complex, which was built on 40 acres in 1994, from Pasadena, Calif.-based Gateway Lockwood Inc., property records indicate.
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