Axiom Space has efficiently launched its AX-1 mission, which is taking the primary totally non-public crew of astronauts to the International Space Station. The quartet departed from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Dragon capsule, which was propelled by a Falcon 9 rocket. Both the primary stage and the Dragon separated with out situation.
The spacecraft is anticipated to dock on the ISS on April ninth at round 6:45AM ET. The hatch opening is scheduled for roughly 9:30AM and, all going effectively, the welcoming ceremony will occur at round 10:05AM.
The crew members are commander and former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría and three businessmen: Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe and Mark Pathy. The foursome are resulting from spend eight days on the ISS, throughout which they will participate in scientific analysis, outreach and industrial actions. They can even retrieve some scientific samples for NASA.
Axiom plans to conduct additional non-public missions to the ISS over the subsequent a number of years. The firm has a contract with NASA to construct the primary industrial module for the area station. It’s additionally anticipated to assemble a module (SEE-1) containing a movie studio and sports activities area, which could possibly be hooked up to the ISS as quickly as December 2024. Axiom Station (with SEE-1 nonetheless related) is scheduled to separate from the ISS in 2028 and function independently.
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