According to CCTV News, the first "all-private" space flight team of the US Space Exploration Technology Company (SpaceX) has postponed its return to Earth due to weather reasons, and 4 "space tourists" will stay on the International Space Station for several days.
The Space Exploration Technology Company released a message on its website that the "Dragon" spacecraft and the four civilian astronauts on board were scheduled to return on the 19th, and due to the adverse weather conditions off the coast of Florida, the time to leave the International Space Station will be no earlier than 8:50 p.m. Eastern Time on April 24.
SpaceX "space tourists" stranded on the International Space Station
According to CCTV News, the Dragon spacecraft is expected to land on April 25 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time off the coast of Florida.
According to a previous report by the network, the "Dragon" spacecraft was carried by the "Falcon 9" rocket and launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:17 EASTERN TIME on April 8, sending 4 civilian astronauts to the International Space Station. The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on the 9th EST.
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As originally planned, on April 19, they would splash off the Florida coast.
According to the surging news reported on the 21st, due to the weather conditions are not suitable for returning to the earth, the 4 space tourists of the all-private manned space mission Ax-1 on the International Space Station have postponed their return voyages, and their space travel will also be extended from the original 10 days to 16 days.
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Before leaving the space station, teams will continue to monitor the weather at the splash site to ensure conditions allow for the safe return of Ax-1 mission space visitors and dragon spacecraft.
There are currently 11 people on the International Space Station
The mission, code-named Ax-1, was organized by the American Axiom Space Corporation and was a commercial project in cooperation with NASA. The four crew members were retired American astronaut Michael López-Aleglia, technology entrepreneur Larry Connor, Canadian investor Mark Paulty and Israeli businessman Ethan Stiebe.
Among them, López-Aleglia is the vice president of Axiom Space and serves as the commander of the mission, and the other three "fare" $55 million each.
There are currently 11 people on the International Space Station, in addition to four space tourists, four professional astronauts from nasa's Crew-3 mission that arrived at the International Space Station last November on the SpaceX Manned Dragon spacecraft, and three Russian professional astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station on the Russian Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft in March this year.
11 people aboard the International Space Station. Image source: The Paper
NASA said there was an abundant supply of 11 astronauts on the International Space Station. The Ax-1 crew continued their previously planned mission activities, with the 4 space tourists and the Dragon spacecraft all staying healthy.
After the Ax-1 returned to Earth, NASA's Crew-4 mission launched at 4:15 a.m. on April 26, sending four professional astronauts to the International Space Station. The team hopes to allow two days after the Ax-1 returns to evaluate the splashdown data and prepare for the crew-4's launch. At present, four professional astronauts of the Crew-4 mission have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon spacecraft have stood on the 39A launch pad.
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