A Houston-based company has announced the first commercially operated spaceflight mission, which will bring a crew of four private citizens to the International Space Station at a cost of $55 million per person.
The so-called ‘Ax-1 mission’ will be operated by private company Axiom Space, which boasts a former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría on its board.
Company vice president López-Alegría will serve as mission commander while American entrepreneur Larry Connor will pilot the mission...