The next phase in the marathon is to separate the sunshield's five membranes, a process NASA refers to as tensioning, which will take two days.
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The telescope is slated to arrive at its final destination, 1.5m kilometres from Earth, approximately 29 days after launch.
Axiom Space is currently preparing for that first private astronaut mission, Ax-1, which is scheduled to launch no earlier than February 21, 2022.
NASA originally envisioned alternating missions between SpaceX and Boeing, assuming both companies’ vehicles will be certified around the same time.
Space Micro is the sixth acquisition by Voyager, a firm established in 2019 to create a vertically integrated, publicly-traded space exploration company.
The six-man crew will conduct over 70 experiments during the mission.
