India, Poland and Hungary crew head to space station
India, Poland and Hungary have launched their first astronauts for more than 40 years and sent them to a special flight to the International Space Station.
The three countries shared the tab of the two -week mission.
The Houston company Axiom Space, which set the agreement, put the ticket price more than US $ 65 million (A100 million) per customer.
SpaceX’s Falcon rocket exploded from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, two weeks late due to illegal concerns.
The upper capsule not only carried three newcomers to space – none was alive when the first astronauts of their countries were released – but America’s most experienced astronaut Peggy Whitson.
In addition to Whitson, the crew, a pilot in India’s Indian Air Force, is a pilot; Tibor Kapu from Hungary, Mechanical Engineer; And Poland, one of the astronauts of a radiation expert and the European Space Agency, was sometimes a temporary task of Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski.
Astronauts are expected to come to the orbit laboratory on Thursday.
Astronauts fly dozens of food as well as foods that celebrate their inheritance: Indian Craft and Rice Mango Nectar; Spicy Hungarian red pepper paste; and frozen Poland pierogies.
Hungary’s first astronaut Berttalan notice, the launch of Kapu cheered.
“For a small country like Hungary, it is really important to cooperate in a peaceful international field cooperation.” He said.
The difference began in 1980 with the Soviets and took a toy bear on a Kapu -returning cosmonaut team.
The original astronauts of India and Poland began with the Soviets in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Uznanski-Wisniewski carried the Poland flag worn in the space’s space garment and said that Miroslaw Hermaszewski was the greatest supporter until his death in 2022.
India’s first astronaut Raqesh Sharma could not reach Florida for launch; Shukla said, “In every step of this journey,” he’s a mentor and a surprise gift for him.
Since 2022, Axiom has been flying the fourth leased flight to the space station and a second time as the commander of the axiom crew of Whitson.
Once against non -traditional station guests, NASA is now welcome to be thrown away, charging for their food, and insisting that an experienced astronaut accompanies them.
All NASA’s open area – including the moon – part of the forcing.
Axiom is among a few US companies that plan to launch their own space stations in the next few years, and after more than thirty years, they work before the international station falls in 2031.
