Ax1 crew members: Commander Michael López-Alegría, mission pilot Larry Connor, mission specialist Mark Pathy, mission specialist Eytan StibbeThe first private space crew to fly to the International Space Station was unveiled on Tuesday.
Commander Michael López-Alegría, pilot Larry Connor, and mission specialists Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe will pay $55 million to be part of Axiom Space's mission.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesAxiom Space on Tuesday announced the lineup for the first-ever private crew to fly to the International Space Station .
, who flew to space four times during his 20-year career at the space agency, will be the commander. He'll be the first person to command a civil and commercial human mission into space, Axiom said.López-Alegría will be joined by US entrepreneur and non-profit activist investor Larry Connor as mission pilot, and both Canadian investor Mark Pathy and Israeli businessman Eytan Stibbe as mission specialists.
For the four crew members on the Ax-1 mission, this adds up to $1.1 million for an eight-day stay. NASA toldMichael Suffredini, Axiom Space CEO and president, said in the statement: "This is just the first of several Axiom Space crews whose private missions to the International Space Station will truly inaugurate an expansive future for humans in space – and make a meaningful difference in the world when they return home.
SMH
So white...
Trump hasn't been jailed yet?
At that price, whose paying for dinner?