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The International Space Station (ISS) is set to become busier than usual this week when its crew welcomes aboard four new colleagues from Houston-based startup Axiom Space.

Axiom Space's private mission multinational crew to stay for eight days on the ISS; check details here

After repeated delays, Eytan Stibbe is days away from taking part in the world's first private mission to the International Space Station, for a week of experiments

The flight is the first of up to two NASA-sanctioned "private astronaut missions" per year to space station.

Launch of the privately funded Axiom Space-1 mission to the International Space Station was delayed to no earlier than April 8, leaving little margin for Axiom’s planned 10-day excursion before NASA puts priority on launching the next resident station crew.

Canadian investor and philanthropist Mark Pathy, US entrepreneur Larry Connor, and ex-Israeli Air Force pilot Eytan Stibbe have reportedly paid a whopping $55 million (£41 million) each for the trip.

SpaceX is launching a $55 million 10-day mission to dock with the ISS, on Wednesday from NASA's Launch Complex 39A.

Launch being hailed as a turning point in latest expansion of commercial space ventures

Last year, the Russian Soyuz MS-19 spaceship took off for the International Space Station (ISS) carrying with it Anton Shkaplerov, Yulia Peresild and Kli...

All astronauts on the Ax-i mission are private citizens. If the mission goes well, private company Axiom Space will move on to building a space station.