Commercial Astronauts: The Next Generation of Spacefarers

by Erik Seedhouse

The beginning of the 2020's witnessed dozens of commercial astronauts fly to space on a variety of vehicles. These spacecraft included SpaceX's Crew Dragon, which supported the Inspiration4 and Axiom Space missions, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, which supported several suborbital science flights, and Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft, which not only flew celebrities but also its fair share of commercial astronauts.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031556038
• ISBN13: 9783031556036
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Springer