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
First Time Ever
first all-private astronaut team flown to the orbiting outpost
Comercial Space Ventures
The launch is being hailed by the company, NASA and other industry players as a turning point in the latest expansion of commercial space ventures
Space Launcher venture
Riding atop a Falcon 9 rocket furnished and flown by Elon Musk's commercial space launch venture SpaceX
If All Goes Smoothly
the quartet led by retired NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria will arrive at the space station 28 hours later as their SpaceX-supplied Crew Dragon capsule docks at ISS some 250 miles (400 km) above Earth