International Space Station: Texas-based startup company Axiom Space has sent a 4-member team, including Turkey’s first astronaut, to the International Space Station. All these passengers reached the International Space Station on Saturday morning in a capsule rocket.
All the passengers have gone to the space station at their own personal expense. According to a report, for this latest mission, all the passengers took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday evening in a capsule-like rocket. After about 37 hours the capsule reached the International Space Station.
According to the report, when astronauts reach the space station, they fall under the responsibility of NASA’s mission control operations in Houston. NASA also did a live telecast regarding this mission.
It may take time for the capsule to open – report
A report estimated that after the capsule reaches space, it may take two hours to take the astronauts to the laboratory, because before opening the capsule, it will be checked for leakage. Only after this permission will be given to open the hatch.
All the astronauts who reach space will spend 14 days in the space station and more than 30 scientists will participate in the experiment. These experiments focus on the effects on the human body during space flight.
The team was led by Michael Lopez-Alegría, a 65-year-old Spanish-born retired NASA astronaut and Axiom executive member. Including this trip, he has visited the space station a total of six times.
The second passenger in command of the X-3 is Colonel Walter Villadei, 49, of the Italian Air Force. The team includes 43-year-old Swedish aviator Marcus Wandt, representing the European Space Agency, and 44-year-old Turkish Air Force veteran Alper Gezervasi.
Travelers will be welcomed in space – Space Station
According to the information given on the X handle of the space station, these passengers will be welcomed at the space station by seven members of the current regular crew of the station. NASA will welcome two Americans, one astronaut each from Japan and Denmark and three Russian astronauts.
According to a report, Russia has been taking people to the space station for more than two decades for a fee. NASA started this two years ago. Former fighter pilot and Turkish Airlines Captain Alper Gezeravsi is the first person from his country to go to space. The company charges at least $55 million per seat for its services in organizing, training and flying customers into space. Axiom is also one of the companies that is building its own commercial space station in space.
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