美国私营企业公理航天公司(Axiom Space)组织的“私人”宇航团队，搭乘美国太空探索技术公司(SpaceX)的“龙”飞船成功抵达国际空间站。这是公理航天公司组织的第三次“私人”宇航任务，也是首次所有付费席位均由国家航天局而。
这次任务代号为“Ax-3”，是公理航天公司与美国航天局的商业合作项目。参与任务的 4 名宇航员分别是：美国航天局前宇航员迈克尔・洛佩斯-阿莱格里亚(他是西班牙和美国公民)、来自意大利的瓦尔特・维拉代伊、来自土耳其的阿尔佩尔・盖泽拉夫奇以及来自瑞典的马库斯・万特。洛佩斯-阿莱格里亚担任此次任务指挥官，维拉代伊担任飞行员，盖泽拉夫奇和万特担任任务专家。
抵达空间站后，他们受到了来自日本、丹麦、美国和俄罗斯的七名现有宇航员的热烈欢迎。国际空间站指挥官安德烈亚斯・莫根森通过直播对新成员表示欢迎：“我们把空间站上的国家数量从四个增加到八个，这充分体现了支撑这个奇妙空间站的国际合作精神。”接下来，这批新成员将在空间站停留约两周，进行 30 项实验，包括微重力研究、技术演示等。
公理航天公司成立于 2016 年，由前美国宇航局国际空间站项目经理迈克尔・苏弗雷迪尼和企业家卡姆・加法里安共同创立。除了组织私人太空之旅，该公司还致力于开发用于未来 NASA 月球任务的宇航服。此外，他们还正在建造一个商业空间站，计划一开始将其连接到国际空间站，并在国际空间站退役之前分离并独立运行。
过去两年里，美国公理航天公司已成功组织三个“私人”宇航团队飞往国际空间站，并对每位乘客收费至少 5500 万美元(当前约 3.96 亿元人民币)。
英语如下：
Title: SpaceX’s ‘Dragon’ Launches Private Astronauts to International Space Station, Marking Historic Collaboration
Keywords: private crew, Dragon spacecraft, International Space Station
The American private space company Axiom Space has successfully launched a “private” astronaut crew aboard the SpaceX “Dragon” spacecraft and arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). This is the third “private” astronaut mission organized by Axiom Space, and the first time that all paid seats were taken by national space agencies.
The mission, called “Ax-3,” is a commercial cooperation project between Axiom Space and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States. The four astronauts on board are Michael Lopez-Alegria, a former NASA astronaut from Spain and the United States; Walter Villanueva from Italy; Alper Gizeraf from Turkey; and Marcus Wäthén from Sweden. Lopez-Alegria serves as the mission commander, Villanueva as the pilot, Gizeraf and Wäthén as mission specialists.
After arriving at the ISS, they were warmly welcomed by seven existing astronauts from Japan, Denmark, the United States, and Russia. ISS Commander Andreas Mågensen welcomed the new members through a live stream: “We have increased the number of countries represented on the ISS from four to eight, which fully reflects the spirit of international cooperation that supports this wonderful space station.” Next, the new crew will stay on the ISS for about two weeks to conduct 30 experiments, including microgravity research and technology demonstrations.
Axiom Space was founded in 2016 by Michael Sufrianidi and entrepreneur Cam Gaffarian, who co-founded it together with former NASA International Space Station Program Manager Michael Lopez-Alegria. In addition to organizing private space journeys, the company is also committed to developing spacesuits for future NASA lunar missions. Furthermore, they are building a commercial space station and plan to initially connect it to the ISS before separating and operating independently until the ISS retires.
Over the past two years, Axiom Space has successfully organized three “private” astronaut crews to fly to the ISS, charging each passenger at least $55 million (currently around RMB 396 million).
【来源】https://www.ithome.com/0/746/478.htm
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