Ex-NASA Astronaut Lopez-Alegria Heading Back To Orbit

Michael Lopez-Alegria
Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—Former International Space Station (ISS) commander and three-time shuttle astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria is heading back to orbit, this time as on-site personnel for Axiom Space’s first private mission to the ISS. Launch is targeted for October 2021. The mission, AX-1, will be flown...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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