The Dragon capsule carrying a four-strong European crew, including Italian Air Force coloneland pilot Walter Villadei, docked at the International SpaceStation (ISS) on Saturday.
The four arrived at the ISS, having blasted off from the KennedySpace Center in Florida on Thursday, thanks to the Axiom Mission3 (Ax-3), run by private entity Axiom Space.
It is first all-European commercial astronaut mission to theISS.
The other members of the crew at European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut Marcus Wandt from Sweden, Alper GezeravcÕ from Turkey and Michael López-Alegría, a dual US-Spanish citizen.
Villadei has extensive experience in Italian space programs, including multiple assignments as a member of the scientific committee of the Italian Space Agency and national representative for the European Commission for the SpaceSurveillance and Tracking Program.
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