May 10, 2021 by archyde Published on : 10/05/2021 – 21:00 Washington (AFP) The training of the crew which will constitute in January the first entirely private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is about to begin, announced Monday the company Axiom Space during a press conference joint with NASA. . Four people are to be launched at the end of January aboard a rocket rented from another space company, SpaceX, for a mission called Ax-1 which will last about 10 days, including “seven or eight” in orbit, detailed Michael Suffredini, the Axiom Space boss. On board: only one experienced astronaut, Michael Lopez-Alegria, a former NASA who has been to the ISS, and three novices, American, Canadian and Israeli businessmen, who have never been to the ISS before. in the space.