The first space mission with an entirely private crew is planned to launch to the International Space Station, where they will join astronauts in doing science experiments.
Space tourists have previously visited the ISS, but not as part of a fully private crew. And unlike most of the otherthat have taken place in recent months, this mission has a series of science goals that will see its crew working alongside the professional astronauts on the ISS.
These experiments are a significant part of what sets the passengers of this flight aside from typical space tourists, Connor said in a press conference on 1 April. “Our feeling is, with space tourists, they’ll spend 10 or 15 hours training, 5 to 10 minutes in space,” he said. “In our case, depending upon our role, we’ve spent anywhere from 750 to over 1000 hours training.
They will perform a series of health-related studies, make observations of Earth, and test a prototype for tiles called TESSERAE that magnetically self-assemble into shapes, among other experiments.
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