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ដំបូង ឯកជនទាំងអស់។ astronaut crew to visit the International Space Station (ISS) splashed down at 1:06 p.m. ET Monday, concluding a 17-day excursion marking NASA’s កិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការដំបូង with private companies on a space tourism mission, a ព្រឹត្តការណ៍សំខាន់ in the commercialization of space travel.

ការពិតសំខាន់

The four-person crew splashed down without incident in the Atlantic near Jacksonville, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

The mission, organized by Houston-based company តំបន់អាយស៊ី, departed the ISS around ម៉ោង 9 ET Sunday, carrying four crew and លើសពី ២៥០ ផោន of science equipment and other supplies.

The mission, designated AX-1, was បានបញ្ជា by former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegría, 63, and included passengers Larry Connor, 63, an Ohio real estate CEO, Mark Pathy, 52, CEO of Canada-based investment firm Mavrik Corp, and Eytan Stibbe, 64, an Israeli businessman.

The AX-1 crew’s roughly 16-hour voyage back to Earth was delayed due to poor weather conditions, Reuters រាយការណ៍.

NASA is working to arrange a second Axiom-led private visit to the ISS, and for commercial accommodations to be attached to the station, the agency បាននិយាយថា:.

សាវតាសំខាន់

The AX-1 mission លើកចេញ from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center April 8, tasked with performing outreach and conducting scientific research on stem cells and demonstrating “self-assembling spacecraft” technology. Though the crew were initially scheduled to spend eight days on the ISS, their visit was extended due to អាកាសធាតុ​អាក្រក់ on Earth. Nasa said the AX-1 mission marked a major step in the agency’s ផ្តួចផ្តើម to expand commercial low-Earth orbit activity, enabling more people to visit space. However, space tourism will be only accessible to the wealthy in the near term, the កាសែត New York Times រាយការណ៍. Axiom plans to establish its own ស្ថានីយអវកាស, which will first exist as an attachment to the ISS before detaching and orbiting independently.

លេខធំ

$55 million. That’s how much a seat on the AX-1 mission cost, the កាសែត New York Times រាយការណ៍.

អ្វីដែលត្រូវមើល

SpaceX has been contracted to provide transportation for three additional Axiom missions to the ISS during the coming two years, Reuters រាយការណ៍.

អានបន្ថែម

“First Private Mission To Space Station Takes Off From Florida” (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)