Multi-Millionaire space tourists aboard a space station costing them $55m each

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space operations have begun as a charter company says it is a first step toward building its own commercial space station, First entirely private spacecraft lands on the ISS. Four millionaire businessmen, American, Canadian, and Israeli businessmen have each paid $55m ( £42m) for the rocket ride and accommodation have docked and entered International Space Station, which has been hailed as a milestone for commercial space exploration. NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination.

The launch codenamed Ax-1 was commissioned by Axiom Space, a US space infrastructure developer.