Four astronauts, including Turkey’s first, arrive at space station
Reuters A four-man crew including Turkey’s first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station early on Saturday for a two-week stay in the latest such mission arranged entirely at commercial expense by Texas-based startup company Axiom Space. The rendezvous came about 37 hours after the Axiom quartet’s Thursday evening liftoff in a rocketship from NASA’s […]
Crew with first astronaut from Turkey launched on flight to space station
Cape Canaveral, Florida, US Reuters Turkey’s first astronaut and three other crew members representing Europe were launched from Florida on Thursday on a voyage to the International Space Station in the latest commercially arranged mission from Texas startup Axiom Space. A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the Axiom quartet lifted off atop a Falcon 9 […]
Space station’s first all-private astronaut team welcomed aboard orbiting platform
Reuters The first all-private team of astronauts ever launched to the International Space Station were welcomed aboard the orbiting research platform on Saturday to begin a weeklong science mission hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight. Their arrival came about 21 hours after the four-man team representing Houston-based startup company Axiom Space Inc lifted off […]