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Former NASA astronaut prepares to lead first private astronaut mission to the ISS. Axiom 1 will launch no earlier than Feb. 28, 2022

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"We'll be starting what I would call serious training next week," said Lopez-Alegria, the Ax-1 commander. "From there the pace will pick up, and we'll all be immersed essentially full time in ISS systems and Crew Dragon training starting in the fall." He said the four men had only been together a 'handful of times' because of the Covid-19 pandemic but would take a 'bonding' camping trip in Alaska in July. Lopez-Alegria said he will start full-time training in August and Connor, the mission pilot, will begin in September. Starting in October, all four will begin Houston-based training on th...

Crew training for 1st private flight to ISS starts Agence France-Presse © Provided by The Manila Times CAPE CANAVERAL: Training of the crew for the first entirely private trip to the International Space Station (ISS) is to begin soon, Axiom Space, the company behind the flight, said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) at a joint press conference with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Four astronauts are to be launched to the ISS in late January aboard a rocket built by another space company, Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Only one of the four — NASA veteran Michael Lo...

Crew training begins soon for first private trip to ISS AFP 6 days ago © HO The International Space Station photographed in 2018 from a Soyuz spacecraft Training of the crew for the first entirely private trip to the International Space Station (ISS) is to begin soon, Axiom Space, the company behind the flight, said Monday at a joint press conference with NASA. Four astronauts are to be launched to the ISS in late January aboard a rocket built by another space company, Elon Musk's SpaceX. Only one of the four -- NASA veteran Michael Lopez-Alegria -- has been in space before. The other th...