ORAC
8th Apr 2022, 06:10
Thought about putting it in the main SpaceX thread, or the ISS, but as the first pure commercial flight to the ISS it should have its own.
https://www.space.com/spacex-axiom-ax1-mission-ready-to-launch
Private Ax-1 astronauts ready to launch on SpaceX rocket tomorrow
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The first all-private crewed mission to the International Space Station is ready to fly, mission leaders announced today (April 7).
Tomorrow (April 8), a crew of four, led by a former NASA astronaut, is set to launch on a 10-day mission to the space station aboard a SpaceX (https://www.space.com/18853-spacex.html) Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Their mission is Ax-1 (https://www.space.com/ax-1-axiom-space-station-mission), the first crewed flight for Texas-based aerospace company Axiom Space…..
Ax-1 is set to launch at 11:17 a.m. EDT (1517 GMT) from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here on Florida's Space Coast. You can watch live here at Space.com or directly via SpaceX's YouTube page(opens in new tab) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtI0Hodo5o5dUb67FeUjDeA); the live broadcast will begin at about 7:55 a.m. EDT (1155 GMT).
https://www.space.com/spacex-axiom-ax1-mission-ready-to-launch
Private Ax-1 astronauts ready to launch on SpaceX rocket tomorrow
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The first all-private crewed mission to the International Space Station is ready to fly, mission leaders announced today (April 7).
Tomorrow (April 8), a crew of four, led by a former NASA astronaut, is set to launch on a 10-day mission to the space station aboard a SpaceX (https://www.space.com/18853-spacex.html) Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Their mission is Ax-1 (https://www.space.com/ax-1-axiom-space-station-mission), the first crewed flight for Texas-based aerospace company Axiom Space…..
Ax-1 is set to launch at 11:17 a.m. EDT (1517 GMT) from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here on Florida's Space Coast. You can watch live here at Space.com or directly via SpaceX's YouTube page(opens in new tab) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtI0Hodo5o5dUb67FeUjDeA); the live broadcast will begin at about 7:55 a.m. EDT (1155 GMT).