{"id":2029727,"date":"2023-09-12T18:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axiom-space-to-launch-first-all-european-mission-from-american-soil\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T18:30:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:30:14","slug":"axiom-space-to-launch-first-all-european-mission-from-american-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axiom-space-to-launch-first-all-european-mission-from-american-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"Axiom Space to launch inaugural all-European mission from US."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faxiom-space-to-launch-first-all-european-mission-from-american-soil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029727&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>For the first time\u200c ever, an\u200b all-European manned space flight will take off for the International Space Station (ISS),\u2064 and it will do\u2063 so from American soil.<\/p>\n<p>Axiom Space announced\u200c its third mission to the ISS on\u200c Sept.\u200b 12, stating the four-man mission\u200d will launch\u2063 from Kennedy Space\u2063 Center aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule \u2064no earlier than January 2024. They \u2064will spend 14\u200b days aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting science, outreach, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-already-having-to-deal-with-ethical-headache-created-by-kamala-harris-niece-report\/\" title=\"White House Already Having To Deal With \u2018Ethical Headache\u2019 Created By Kamala Harris\u2019 Niece: Report\">commercial activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Axiom-3 (Ax-3) crew consists of Italian Air Force Colonel Walter \u2062Villadei (pilot), ESA \u2062project astronaut Marcus Wandt of Sweden \u2062(mission specialist), and Alper\u2064 Gezeravci of Turkey (mission specialist).\u200b Wandt will be the first\u2064 ESA-sponsored astronaut to\u2063 fly \u2064on a commercial\u2063 space flight, and Gezeravci\u2063 will be the first Turkish person\u200d in space. They both have served in the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-police-identify-calif-woman-killed-during-demonstration\/\" title=\"D.C. Police identify Calif. woman killed during demonstration\">air force<\/a>\u200d for their nations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/science\/new-crew-for-the-space-station-launches-with-4-astronauts-from-4-countries-5480777\">New \u2063Crew\u200d for the Space Station Launches With 4 Astronauts From 4 Countries<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/26\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/nasa-administrator-admits-that-us-agency-is-in-a-space-race-with-china-5451966\">NASA Administrator Says US in &#8216;Space Race&#8217; With China<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/8\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The mission commander\u200b will be Axiom Space&#8217;s Chief Astronaut, \u200bMichael Lopez-Alegria. \u200cHe is a former astronaut of \u200cthe\u200c National\u2063 Aeronautics and Space Administration \u2064(NASA) and holds dual citizenship in the United\u200c States and Spain.\u200d He is the only American\u200b citizen \u200ctied to the mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is\u200d an honor to command another private astronaut\u200b mission with Axiom Space\u2064 and \u2064lead \u200da dynamic crew of professional operators representing \u2063several nations across\u200d one region of the \u2063world,\u201d said Mr. L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda in a\u200d press\u2064 release. &#8220;The Ax-3 \u2064mission will be transformational \u200cas it \u200cfosters \u200cpartnerships outside the construct of the ISS and positions European\u2063 nations \u200cas pioneers of \u2064the emerging commercial space\u2062 industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Axiom Space and NASA have \u200calso \u2062agreed to order a fourth mission\u2064 at\u200b this time that is set to launch no \u2062earlier than August 2024.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Axiom Space Station Construction (Courtesy of Axiom Space)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Private\u2063 Takeover of Low Earth Orbit<\/h2>\n<p>Axiom Space holds the \u200dposition of\u200b being \u200bthe only player in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rumored-biden-nom-for-nasa-administrator-out-of-touch-experts-say\/\" title=\"Rumored Biden Nom for NASA Administrator Out of Touch, Experts Say\">commercial space industry<\/a> to provide \u200cfull-service, end-to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axiom-space-to-launch-first-all-european-mission-from-american-soil\/\" title=\"Axiom Space to launch inaugural all-European mission from US.\">-end crewed\u200d orbital missions<\/a> for private\u2062 and government-sponsored astronauts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This\u200b crew is shifting the paradigm of how governments and space agencies access and reap the benefits \u200cof microgravity,&#8221; said Mr. L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s \u2064position on more private enterprise in low earth \u2062orbit (LEO) continues to be a\u2063 supportive one. Putting more emphasis on\u2064 commercial spaceflight operations &#8220;will provide services the government needs \u2064at a lower cost, enabling the agency to focus on its Artemis missions \u200bto the Moon\u2063 in preparation for Mars while continuing to use low Earth orbit as a \u2063training and proving ground for those deep space\u2063 missions,&#8221; it stated in a press release on Ax-3.<\/p>\n<p>Ax-1, also commanded \u2063by Mr. \u200bL\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda, launched in \u20642022 and spent 17 days in \u200corbit.\u2064 Ax-2\u2063 launched in May 2023 for a nine-day stay and\u200b saw \u2064the first Saudi astronauts\u2014including the first\u200d Saudi woman in space,\u2062 Rayyanah Barnawi\u2014visit the \u200cISS.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Axiom Mission-2 and Expedition 69 crew members gather for a portrait \u2062together during dinner \u2062time\u200d aboard\u2062 the International Space Station on May 23,\u200c 2023. \u2062(NASA via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The\u200d Ax-3 mission \u2063will be transformational as it fosters partnerships outside the construct of the ISS and positions European \u2064nations\u200c as pioneers of the emerging\u200c commercial space industry,&#8221; said Mr. L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-billionaire-space-race-and-the-brewing-interstellar-cold-war\/\" title=\"The Billionaire Space Race, And The Brewing Interstellar Cold War\">current missions<\/a> to the ISS, Axiom Space states, are part of\u200c an effort to build &#8220;a thriving \u200cLEO ecosystem and global space marketplace.&#8221; It continues to grow an \u2063international coalition of partners with the \u200bgoal of diversifying the community of\u200d spacefaring nations and building\u2062 what they want\u2064 to be the ultimate \u200bsuccessor of the ISS: \u200dAxiom Station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to see NASA and [the] industry\u2019s \u200bcontinued dedication \u2062toward enabling private astronaut missions,\u201d said Angela Hart, \u200cmanager of NASA\u2019s\u2063 Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program at the agency\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston, in a press release for Ax-3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese commercial efforts continue to expand opportunity\u2064 and access to microgravity research and discovery. Each \u200cof thes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Later than 2022. This historic mission marks a significant milestone in international space collaboration and highlights the growing partnership between Europe and the United States in space exploration. 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