Axiom AX-1
After 17 days in space,Ax-1 MissionThe four astronauts successfully returned from the International Space Station earlier and landed off the coast of Florida before being recovered by a SpaceX service vessel. The AX-1 mission was originally expected to stay on the space station for 8 days, but because the walrus at the landing site has been poor, NASA agreed that SpaceX can stay on the space station for a while longer until it can return safely. As a result, the length of the Ax-1 mission has doubled, and it should be worth the fare for the three paying entrepreneurial astronauts, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe and Mark Pathy.
Ax-1 is a meaningful mission for NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX. In addition to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule being the first time to bring civilian astronauts to the International Space Station, for NASA this is also the last chapter in the nearly 25-year mission of the International Space Station – using the remnants of the International Space Station. life, to pave the way for the future of civilian space stations.
NASA has cooperated with Axiom Space. After this “Pioneer” mission, there will be more private missions to visit the International Space Station in the future.Not only that, Axiom Space will alsoBuild your own capsule mod to dock with the International Space Station, initially used the power and life support system of the space station to operate, and gradually expanded its own system. When the life of the International Space Station is approaching the end in 2028, Axiom Space hopes to allow its part of the space station to operate independently, separate from the International Space Station and become an independent space station operated by all civilians. Of course, during the whole process, SpaceX will be responsible for carrying people, and in the future, I hope Boeing’s Starliner can also join.