Commercial spaceflight allows more people to get into orbit, more space-based research and provides scientists with more data for future trips to the moon and Mars, astronauts aboard the International Space Station told Fox News. 'Now we start to see a lot of government astronauts from smaller countries that don't necessarily have a well-established space agency,' European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen told Fox News.
The research underway on the ISS 'ties in directly' to future NASA missions aiming to put humans on the moon and on Mars, Moghbeli said. NASA's Artemis program is aiming to land humans on the moon in 2025. To watch the full interview with Mogensen and Moghbeli, click here.