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Former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria to return to orbit on Axiom private mission (interview) [i]Michael Lopez-Alegria had no plans to fly into space again. But should all go to plan, about a year from now, he will lead the first fully-private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), making history as the first former NASA astronaut to return to the orbital complex. Axiom has yet to reveal its client(s) for AX-1, but CEO and president Michael Suffredini, NASA's former space station manager, recently announced that Lopez-Alegria will be the mission's commander. Details are still being worked out and agreements still need to be signed, but the plan is for Lopez-Alegria to lead a crew of three on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for a ten-day flight to the ISS and back. collectSPACE spoke with Lopez-Alegria about his new spaceflight assignment...[/i]
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