A private mission launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Thursday.
Unlike on earlier such flights, none of the passengers are wealthy space tourists paying their own way to orbit.
The private astronaut mission, Ax-3, is the third for Axiom, which is also developing its own space station and making new spacesuits for NASA.
In 2019, NASA opened up its part of the space station to visitors, a reversal from earlier policies.
(Russia has hosted a series of space tourists on the International Space Station since 2001.)
Persons:
NASA’s
Organizations:
International, Space, SpaceX, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, NASA
Locations:
Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Houston, Florida, Russia