2024-01-19 04:59:27
SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying space tourists to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch was carried out as part of the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3), the company said.
The crew consists of four people: former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, Italian Air Force Colonel Walter Villadei, Swede Marcus Wandt and Turkish Air Force pilot Alper Gezeravci. Mr. Gezeravci became the first astronaut in Turkish history.
The spacecraft was launched to the ISS using a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Launch Complex in Florida. According to SpaceX, the crew is scheduled to “conduct more than 30 scientific experiments focused on human physiology and technological advances from industry” during their stay at the orbiting laboratory.
In 2012, SpaceX’s Dragon was the first commercial spacecraft to deliver cargo to the ISS and from there to Earth. In September 2023, the Crew Dragon-6 spacecraft returned a crew of four from the ISS, including Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev.
About the field of space tourism – in the Kommersant FM article “Travelers go into orbit.”
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