NASA and Axiom have signed a mission order for the coming flight.
, we are committed to transforming low Earth orbit into a global space marketplace, where access to space moves beyond the partners of the space station to nations, institutions and individuals with new ideas fueling a thriving human economy beyond Earth," he added.Ax-3 is scheduled to spend two weeks at the space station, though the recently signed mission order accommodates an extra week there if need be.
NASA requires that all private crewed missions to the ISS be commanded by a former agency astronaut. Ax-1, for example, was led by Michael López-Alegría, who racked up four spaceflights with NASA. And Ax-2 will be commanded byWe don't yet know who will lead Ax-3, or who its paying passengers will be.
"Axiom Space will submit four proposed crew members and two backup crew for the Ax-3 mission to the station's Multilateral Crew Operations Panel for review," NASA officials said in Tuesday's update."Following review and approval from NASA and its international partners, the prime crew members for the mission will be named."
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