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The ISS could host space tourists as soon as January Engadget 5 days ago Kris Holt Space tourism will ramp up in the coming months, with both Blue Origin and SpaceX looking to take civilians into orbit this year. Looking a little further ahead, more private astronaut missions to the International Space Station are in the pipeline, and NASA's first one could take place as early as January. NASA and Axiom Space have agreed to take civilans to the ISS. Axiom Mission 1 will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida "no earlier than January 2022," according to NASA. The four as...

44911461494_2d46902c0e_k.jpeg The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking on Oct. 4, 2018. Credits: NASA/Roscosmos NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to take place no earlier than January 2022. We are excited to see more people have access to spaceflight through this first private astronaut mission to the space station, said Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for human exploration and operations at NASA Headquarters. One of our original g...