The first all-private team of astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday to begin a week-long science mission, hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight.

The multinational Axiom team, which plans to spend eight days in orbit, was led by retired Spanish-born NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, the company’s vice-president of business development.

Canadian businessman and philanthropist Mark Pathy was also among the crew.

The team brought two dozen science and biomedical experiments with them to conduct aboard the ISS, including research on brain health, cardiac stem cells, cancer and aging.

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