The crew lifted off at 11:17 a.m. from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. FOX13
The first private civilian crew made history on Friday, hitching a ride to the International Space Station on SpaceX's Axiom-1 mission.The first private civilian crew made history on Friday, hitching a ride to the International Space Station onThis is space company Axiom’s first mission to the ISS. Onboard is a former NASA astronaut who will serve as commander and three civilians who paid to join. The civilian astronauts will spend over a week in space.
People camping out at Jetty Park have come from all over the country, some coming all the way from Canada to see Friday's space launch.A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Axiom Space Ax-1 mission is in the foreground on Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center as NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on nearby Pad 39B for tests.There were people packed along the Space Coast to watch Friday's historic launch of the first all-private mission to the International Space Station.
"It’s one of those things, you could see it a million times, and it just gets better," said David Lane, visiting from New Hampshire. The AX-1 crew are flying on SpaceX's Dragon Endeavour capsule to and from the space station and splash down off the coast of Florida following 10 days in orbit. The Ax-1 mission lifted of from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:17 a.m. ET. "Godspeed, fellas. Let's go have some fun."From left to right: Larry Connor, Ax-1 pilot; Mark Pathy, Ax-1 mission specialist; Michael Lopez-Alegria, Ax-1 commander; Eytan Stibbe, impact investor and philanthropist.
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