to the International Space Station , months after it launched another space tourism mission, Inspiration4, into Earth orbit.
Axiom Space reached an agreement with SpaceX and NASA to launch a 10-day mission, Ax-1, to the ISS from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at approximately The trip will reportedly cost its passengers a total of $55 million. As a point of reference, Virgin Galactic's suborbital space trips cost approximately $450,000 per passenger. The main difference between Virgin Galactic,, and SpaceX, is that SpaceX offers its passengers the opportunity to stay in orbit for days.
The crew members have been training for months for the Ax-1 mission and they won't merely be going up to take in the views of our planet from the iconic space station — which is also a focal point for tensions between Russia and the U.S. following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They will also conduct scientific experiments and perform commercial activities aboard the ISS.The Ax-1 mission will launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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