Axiom AX-1

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Description:

• Axiom Mission 1 (or Ax-1) was a privately funded and operated crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission was operated by Axiom Space out of Axiom's Mission Control Center MCC-A in Houston, Texas. The flight launched on April 8, 2022, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft used was a SpaceX Crew Dragon. The crew consisted of Michael López-Alegría, a Spaniard-American and a professionally trained astronaut hired by Axiom, Eytan Stibbe from Israel, Larry Connor from the United States, and Mark Pathy from Canada

Crew from left: Connor, Stibbe, Pathy and López-Alegría.

The Axiom Mission 1 approaches the ISS station.

Mission details:

• The mission launched at 11:17 EDT on April 8, 2022. It launched atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), a NASA-owned launch pad leased to SpaceX for Falcon 9 launches. The mission was flown aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour, which previously supported the Crew Dragon Demo-2 and SpaceX Crew-2 missions. From there the spacecraft spent less than a day in transit to the station and dock with Harmony, where they were planned to spend ten days aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Following their time on the ISS, the spacecraft undocked with plans to return to Earth via a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. Bad weather in the landing zone delayed the return, as result the crew spent 16 days docked to the ISS for a total of 17 days in orbit.
• It was revealed that the "zero-g indicator" aboard the first private mission to visit the International Space Station was a toy dog called Caramel, the mascot for the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation.
• During their days aboard the ISS, the private crew conducted more than 25 different research experiments.

Ax-1 and Artemis 1 on adjacent pads before launch

External links:

• AmericaSpace: 2021-Veteran ISS Commanders Prepare for First Private AxiomSpace Mission
  
• Space Skyrocket: List of all Dragon Crews
  
• Space Skyrocket: List of all uppcoming Dragon Crews
  
• Spacefacts: AX-1 flight
  
• Wikipedia: AX-1 flight
  

Astrophilately covers:

Axiom AX-1 mission crew approves. Cancel Houston. Credit: #411c

Axiom Flight Readiness Review.Cancel Houston. Credit: #411c

Axiom AX-1 mission launch, cancel KSC. Credit: #411c

Axiom AX-1 launch, cancel Houston. Credit: #411c

Axiom AX-1 landing, cancel KSC. Credit: #411c

Axiom AX-1 spashed down, cancel Jacksonville. Credit: #411