Alper Gezeravci from Turkey is also making his first flight to space.
Loral O'Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli, both from NASA , will be on duty monitoring Dragon when it begins its automated approach and rendezvous.
Marcus Wandt of Sweden is making his first flight to space as part of Ax-3 mission, also making his first flight to space as part of Axiom Space.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center carrying four Axiom Mission 3 astronauts aboard the Dragon Freedom spacecraft.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center carrying four Axiom Mission 3 astronauts aboard the Dragon Freedom spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX
The seven-member Expedition 70 crew will welcome the third private astronaut mission from Axiom Space to the International Space Station on Saturday. The Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday carrying four astronauts aboard the Dragon Freedom spacecraft.
Loral O'Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli, both from NASA , will be on duty monitoring Dragon when it begins its automated approach and rendezvous. Dragon will dock to the forward port on the station's Harmony module at around 4:19 a.m. EST on Saturday.
Marcus Wandt of Sweden is making his first flight to space as part of Ax-3 mission, also making his first flight to space as part of Axiom Space and Alper Gezeravci from Turkey is also making his first flight to space.
The Axiom-3 crew arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday morning.
Axiom Space was founded in 2016 by Michael Suffredini and Kam Ghaffarian. Their goal is to arrange private missions into space, chiefly the ISS but they are also developing spacesuits for NASA's future missions to the Moon.
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Marcus Wandt of Sweden is a member of the Axiom-3 mission.
Alper Gezeravci131of Turkey is believed to have paid tens of millions of dollars for the privilege of spending a couple weeks in orbit.
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The article contains examples of religious bias and monetary bias. The author uses language that dehumanizes people from certain countries by referring to them as 'axioms' rather than individuals. Additionally, the use of phrases such as 'all-European commercial crew' implies a preference for European citizens over others, which could be seen as discriminatory.
Axiom-3’s gorgeous approach to space station, now home to 11 people representing 8 countries! pic.twitter.com/38HbH6jW3Q — Loral O'Hara (@lunarloral) January 21, 2024
The arrival of the Axiom-3 crew brings the total number of people aboard the ISS to 11. Over the next few weeks, they will conduct more than 30 science experiments and participate in some 50 outreach events with organizations back home.
The first all-European commercial crew to head for the International Space Station (ISS) arrived safely at the orbital outpost on Saturday morning.
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Trevor Mogg has conflicts of interest on the topics of SpaceX, NASA, International Space Station (ISS), Commercial crew missions and Private citizens in space travel. He also mentions $$$$ for private space travel opportunities which could be seen as a financial tie.
Axiom Space was founded in 2016 by Michael Suffredini and Kam Ghaffarian. Their goal is to arrange private missions into space.
The crew of AX-3 (Private Mission 3) consists of Commander Michael Lopez-Alegrada, Pilot Walter Villadei, and Mission Specialists Marcus Wandt and Alper Gezeravci.
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Marcus Wandt is believed to have paid tens of millions of dollars for the privilege of spending a couple weeks in orbit.
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The article states that Axiom Space's goal is to arrange private missions into space and develop spacesuits for NASA's future missions to the Moon. However, it does not disclose any information about their previous successes or failures in this regard.
The author claims that private individuals travelling to the International Space Station was as much science fiction as a time-travelling police box just a few decades ago. However, this statement is not accurate because there have been multiple successful missions of private astronauts to the ISS before 2024.
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Axiom Space and their partnership with NASA are doing great things.
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Türkiye's first astronaut Gezeravcı begins operations at ISS
Gezeravcı has commenced his groundbreaking work in the International Space Station (ISS) after SpaceX➷s Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the station on Jan. 20
The first Turkish astronaut Gezeravcı glided into the ISS and was welcomed by seven Expedition 70 crew members at a ceremony held for him and his teammates
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The first Turkish astronaut Gezeravcı began operations at ISS
Gezeravcı has commenced his groundbreaking work in the International Space Station (ISS) after SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the station on Jan. 20
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that Gezeravcı has commenced his groundbreaking work at ISS when he was actually a passenger on the Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom-3 crew. Secondly, the author quotes Alper Gezeravcı as saying 'I would like to express my gratitude to Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades-in-arms who founded the Republic of Türkiye and entrusted it to us, to all our martyrs who gave their lives for the homeland, to our state, which enabled us to step here with its strong will, and to our nation', but this statement is not relevant or accurate. Thirdly, the author states that Gezeravcı thanked his welcoming crew at ISS for hospitality and presented them gifts he brought from Türkiye without providing any context about these gifts.
The article quotes Alper Gezeravcı as saying 'I would like to express my gratitude to Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades-in-arms who founded the Republic of Türkiye and entrusted it to us, to all our martyrs who gave their lives for the homeland, to our state, which enabled us to step here with its strong will, and to our nation', but this statement is not relevant or accurate. This is deceptive because it implies that Gezeravcı holds a deep emotional connection with Atatürk and the founding of Türkiye.
The article states that Alper Gezeravcı thanked his welcoming crew at ISS for hospitality and presented them gifts he brought from Türkiye without providing any context about these gifts. This is deceptive because it implies that the gifts have some significance or importance, but no further information is provided.
The article claims that Alper Gezeravcı has commenced his groundbreaking work in the International Space Station (ISS) when he was actually a passenger on the Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom-3 crew. This is deceptive because it implies that Gezeravcı is actively working at ISS.
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The article contains a statement that is biased towards the author's country of origin. The sentence 'Türkiye's first astronaut Gezeravcı begins operations at ISS - Türkiye News
Gezeravcı thanked the welcoming crew for their hospitality and presented them gifts he brought from Türkiye.
The Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom-3 crew, which was launched on Jan. 19 at 12:49 a.m. from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S., has successfully docked with the ISS on Jan. 20 at 1:42 p.m.
This is the first all-European commercial crew to head for the ISS
The Ax-3 mission includes robotics experiments with high-strength alloys for in-space construction and assemblies
Marcus Wandt of Sweden has flown suborbitally aboard Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity but this is his first trip to orbit
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The combined crew of the International Space Station includes Morgensen (of Denmark), NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara of the U.S., Japan's Satoshi Furukawa, Russian cosmonauts Konstantin Borisov, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub.
The Ax-3 crew includes Michael Lopez-Alegrada (who has dual U.S. and Spanish citizenship), Walter Villadei of Italy as mission commander, Marcus Wandt of the European Space Agency from Sweden as a mission specialist, Alper Gezeravcı from Turkey as a mission specialist.
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy when it quotes Andreas Morgensen saying that the increased number of nationalities on board is a great testament to international collaboration. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric by stating that this mission allows many more countries to participate in scientific research and technology development, which could be seen as an attempt to appeal to emotions rather than presenting facts.
Andreas Morgensen said the increased number of nationalities on board is a great testament to international collaboration.
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The article contains a statement that doubles the number of nationalities on board the ISS. This is an example of monetary bias as it implies that countries with more resources are able to participate in space missions.
]This is really a symbol of how Axiom in conjunction with NASA and other partners is working to expand human access to low Earth orbit[
We have doubled the number of nationalities onboard the space station going from four to eight,
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The author has multiple conflicts of interest on the topics provided. The article discusses SpaceX and its involvement in private human spaceflight, which could be seen as a financial conflict of interest for the company. Additionally, the article mentions Axiom Space and Ax-3 mission without disclosing any affiliation with them.
The article mentions Axiom Space and Ax-3 mission without disclosing any affiliation with them.
The author writes about how SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) carrying an all-European crew. This could be seen as a conflict of interest for the company, which has financial ties to private human spaceflight.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center carrying four Axiom Mission 3 astronauts aboard the Dragon Freedom spacecraft
Marcus Wandt of Sweden is making his first flight to space as part of the Ax-3 mission
Alper Gezeravcui131of Turkey is also making his first flight to space as part of the Ax-3 mission
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Marcus Wandt of Sweden is making his first flight to space
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The article contains several logical fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) mission is a private astronaut mission from Axiom Space and citing NASA as a source of information. This statement implies that because NASA has endorsed the Ax-3 mission, it must be legitimate and trustworthy. However, this does not necessarily mean that the claims made in the article are true or accurate.
The author uses an appeal to authority by stating that 'NASA had light duty on Friday ahead of a busy day of dual crew operations on Saturday.' This statement implies that because NASA is involved in the mission, it must be legitimate and trustworthy. However, this does not necessarily mean that the claims made in the article are true or accurate.
The author uses an appeal to authority by stating 'Lopez-Alegria had light duty on Friday ahead of a busy day of dual crew operations on Saturday.' This statement implies that because Lopez-Alegria is involved in the mission, it must be legitimate and trustworthy. However, this does not necessarily mean that the claims made in the article are true or accurate.
