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And three passengers — have been welcomed inside the international space station. they are due to spend eight days orbiting the earth. the flight is being hailed as a milestone in the commercialisation of space flight. to find out more about the implications this latest, privately—funded mission may have for future space exploration, we can go to new york and speak to tariq malik, editor in chief of space dot com. thank you forjoining us. this is a significant moment for space travel, put it...

The male crew — called axiom—1 — are the first all—private mission to the international space station.they are led by a former us astronaut, michael lopez—alegria. the passengers are us entrepreneur and aerobatic pilot larry connor; israeli investor eytan stibbe; and canadian entrepreneur, mark pathy. the mission set off from floridas kennedy space centre on friday and is expected to last eight days. its been reported that the three passengers paid about fifty—five million dollars fo...

To the international space station has docked. the crew consisting of a pilot and three passengers have been welcomed inside the international space station. they are due to spend eight days orbiting the earth. the flight is being hailed as a milestone in the commercialisation of space flight. to find out more about the implications this latest, privately—funded mission may have for future space exploration, we can go to houston and speak to dr leroy chiao, a former nasa astronaut and iss comm...

Million for the trip. earlier, i spoke to former nasa astronaut and iss commander leror chiao who explained why he thinks this space flight is significant. this mission is a first in that its the first of all commercial crew to fly to and dock to the international space station. this is something thats been coming for a while. nasa has been wanting it for many years, and now this is the beginning. nasa is looking, as you know, to decommission the international space station in 2030, so between n...

Weeks after a u.s. astronaut returned home via, you know, hitching a ride with two cosmonauts on a soyuz spacecraft, and that was after a little bit of anxiety that the russians didnt want to give him a ride home because of the ongoing frictions. they did give him a ride home, but this might be a sign of the future of things to come, that we dont need to depend on the russians. all of these guys were privately launched, theyll be privately returned. theyre all obscenely rich, they can all pay fo...

Bought a seat to go fly with the russians, and from that point on in the early 2000s, we have seen a number of these space flight participants pay their way flying aboard russian spacecraft to the iss. this is the first non—russian commercial flight, if you will, to take nonprofessionals to the iss. so the people on board, they are fine with it. this is part of the evolution. government builds the infrastructure and then commercial businesses kind of start taking that over. a reminder of our t...

Kind of having to babysit them? this is nothing new. since international space station began operations almost from the beginning, we had the first so—called space tourism, space flight participant in dennis tito, a nasa employee many years ago, and then left nasa and became quite wealthy. bought a seat to go fly with the russians, and from that point on in the early 2000s, we have seen a number of these space flight participants pay their way flying aboard russian spacecraft to the iss. this ...

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It was a big year for space geeks, especially those who had billions of dollars to burn to get out of this world while also starting a side hustle in space tourism. do not sleep on nasa and its latest mission to mars. the space races are heating up again. tom costello has more. >> reporter: if 2021 proved anything, its that the age of civilian space flight is here, if youre rich, famous or you know somebody who is. a billionaire paid for three civilian astronauts to join him on a three-day space...