The second all-private space mission launched Sunday.
Falcon 9, equipped with its completely autonomous Dragon capsule where the crew will sit, was able to land its booster back on Cape Canaveral’s Space Force Station Landing Zone 1, which is a first for human spaceflight. From there it will join the International Space station in the first private mission in low orbit.
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Crew members include Saudi Arabian astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi, commandeer Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner and Saudi Arabian astronaut Ali al-Qarni. Barnawi will be the first female Saudi Arabian to travel to space.
Whitson, as the U.S. recorder holder for most accumulated time in space at 665 days, will be the first female commandeer of a private mission.
Later on in the mission, the crew is expected to talk live to give a report.
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This mission was planned by Houston-based Axiom Space in collaboration with SpaceX. The company did not reveal the price fore the latest tickets, however it previously charged $55 million per seat.
Nearly exactly a month prior to this successful mission, SpaceX’s Starship, the largest rocket ever launched, exploded four minutes after takeoff.
