According to CCTV news, the first “all private” aerospace team of American space exploration technology company (SpaceX) has delayed returning to earth due to weather, and four “space tourists” will stay on the international space station for several days.

The space exploration technology company announced on its website that the Dragon spacecraft and its four civilian astronauts were originally scheduled to return on the 19th. Affected by the adverse weather conditions along the Florida coast, the time to leave the international space station will not be earlier than 8:50 p.m. EDT on April 24.

SpaceX “space tourists” stranded on the International Space Station

According to CCTV news, the Dragon spacecraft is expected to land along the coast of Florida at 1 p.m. EST on April 25.

According to the previous report of meijing.com, the “dragon” spacecraft, carried by the “Falcon 9” rocket, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:17 US Eastern time on April 8, sending four private astronauts to the international space station. The spacecraft docked with the international space station on the 9th est.

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According to the original plan, they will splash down near the Florida coast on April 19.

According to surging News reported on the 21st, due to weather conditions not suitable for returning to earth, four space tourists from the all private manned space mission AX-1 on the International Space Station postponed their return, and their space travel will be extended from 10 days to 16 days.

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Before leaving the space station, the teams will continue to monitor the weather at the splash site to ensure that conditions permit the safe return of AX-1 space tourists and dragon spacecraft.

There are currently 11 people on the international space station

The mission, code named “AX-1”, organized by axiom space, is a commercial project in cooperation with NASA. The four crew members are retired American astronaut Michael Lopez Allegria, technology entrepreneur Larry Connor, Canadian Investor mark BaoTi and Israeli businessman Etan stibe.

Among them, Lopez Allegria is the vice president of axiom aerospace and the commander of the mission. The other three “tickets” are US $55 million each.

At present, there are 11 people on the international space station. In addition to four space tourists, there are four professional astronauts on NASA crew-3 mission who arrived at the international space station by SpaceX manned dragon spacecraft in November last year and three professional Russian astronauts who went to the international space station by Russian “alliance MS-21” spacecraft in March this year.

11 people on the international space station. Photo source: surging news

NASA said the 11 astronauts on the international space station were well supplied. AX-1 members continued to carry out the previously planned mission activities, and the four space tourists and the Dragon spacecraft remained healthy.

After AX-1 returned to earth, NASA crew-4 mission was launched as early as 4:15 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 assess the splash data and prepare for the crew-4 launch. At present, four professional astronauts of crew-4 mission have arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and Falcon 9 rocket and dragon spacecraft have stood on Launch Pad 39A.

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