China News Service, April 8. According to a report by CNN on the 8th, SpaceX announced that a crew of four space tourists will take the manned "Dragon" on the 8th local time. The spacecraft goes to the International Space Station.
Image source: Screenshot of a CNN report.
According to reports, the "Falcon 9" carrier rocket carrying the "Dragon" spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from the Cape Canaveral Space Launch Site at 11:17 local time.
The spaceflight was organized by Axiom Space, a private American aerospace company, and the four space tourists were former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegría, American real estate tycoon Larry Connor, Canadian investor Mark Pathy and Israeli businessman Eytan Stibbe.
The mission, called AX-1, will mark the first time in history that all tourists will be carried to the International Space Station without any current professional astronauts.
According to the plan, the four tourists will participate in scientific and educational work with the regular crew on the International Space Station, and return to Earth after 8 days.