'It never gets old,' NASA's Kathy Lueders said today (April 8).
The mission is commanded by Michael López-Alegría, an Axiom employee who's a former NASA astronaut and former ISS commander. His Ax-1 crewmates are mission pilot Larry Connor and mission specialists Eytan Stibbe and Mark Pathy. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the crewed Ax-1 mission toward the International Space Station on April 8, 2022.
You can follow along with docking activities with a live webcast beginning tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. EDT , which you can find here at Space.com orOnce the hatch opens between the capsule and the station, the Ax-1 crew will be greeted by the astronauts already living and working aboard the space station. The station crew will also perform a welcome ceremony, as is tradition, with the newcomers.Ax-1 is a 10-day mission, which will include roughly eight days aboard the space station.
"I know the world is watching this historic event," Dana Weigel, the International Space Station deputy program manager for NASA, said during the news conference today. To make the most of this incredible endeavor, the crew will have a"packed schedule of mission objectives," she added.
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