Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) patch.
April 9, 2022
Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy now are aboard the International Space Station following Crew Dragon’s hatch opening at 10:13 a.m. EDT, Saturday, April 9.
Image above: The 11-person crew aboard the station comprises of (bottom row from left) Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Denis Matveev, Kayla Barron, Oleg Artemyev, and station Commander Tom Marshburn; (center row from left) Axiom Mission 1 astronauts Mark Pathy, Eytan Stibbe, Larry COnnar, and Michael Lopez-Alegria; (top row from left) Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Sergey Korsakov, Raja Chari, and Matthias Maurer. Image Credit: NASA TV.
Ax-1 docked to the orbital complex at 8:29 a.m. while the spacecraft were flying 260 miles above the central Atlantic Ocean. It is the first mission with an entirely private crew to arrive at the orbiting laboratory.
The Axiom crew are joining Expedition 67 crew members, including NASA astronauts Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Sergey Korsokov, and Denis Matveev.
Ax-1 Crew Dragon hatch opening
The welcome ceremony is targeted to begin about X a.m. with the following participants:
- Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Michael Suffredini, president and CEO, Axiom Space
The Ax-1 crew will spend more than one week aboard the orbiting laboratory conducting science, education, and commercial activities.
Related articles:
Ax-1 Private Astronaut Mission Docks at Station
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/04/ax-1-private-astronaut-mission-docks-at.html
Axiom Private Astronauts Headed to International Space Station
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/04/axiom-private-astronauts-headed-to.html
Commercial Research Expands Aboard the International Space Station
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/04/commercial-research-expands-aboard.html
Related links:
Commercial Space: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/index.html
Expedition 67: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition67/index.html
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Image (mentioned), Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia/NASA TV/SciNews.
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