SpaceX signed a deal with Houston-based start-up Axiom to fly three space tourists to the International Space Station.
Houston-based start-up Axiom has signed a deal with SpaceX to fly three privately paying space tourists to the International Space Station.
And, while tourists have flown to the ISS before, Axiom says this will be "the first-ever fully private" trip to the space station. A close up of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule sitting on top of the company's Falcon 9 rocket, with the crew access arm extended.The mission will likely launch from Florida, where SpaceX has made several infrastructure investments to launchpad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center so the company can fly crews.
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