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First Private Astronaut Mission on ISS Greenlighted by NASA

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Mike Turner
May 20, 2021
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NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to take place no earlier than January 2022.

The spaceflight, designated as Axiom Mission 1 … or Ax-1 … will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and travel to the ISS. Once docked, the Axiom astronauts are scheduled to spend …

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