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Axiom Mission 1 (or Ax-1) [3] 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 [4] in Houston, Texas. The flight launched on 8 April 2022 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. [5]
Axiom Space, Inc., also known as Axiom Space, is an American privately funded space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 2016 by Michael T. Suffredini and Kam Ghaffarian, the company first flew a spaceflight in 2022: Axiom Mission 1, the first commercially crewed private spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS).
The mission was later delayed again because the docking port needed for arrival (Harmony zenith port) was occupied by Crew Dragon Endeavour on Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1). Ax-1's departure, originally set for 19 April, was delayed until 25 April due to bad weather in the recovery zones in the Atlantic Ocean. [7]
Today, Axiom Space and SpaceX launched Axiom 1, the first private ISS flight. The flight, which includes the world’s first all-private astronaut team, took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ...
He also commanded Axiom's debut mission - the first all-private voyage to the ISS - in April 2022. His second-in-command for Ax-3 is Italian Air Force Colonel Walter Villadei, 49. Rounding out the ...
The four Axiom-1 astronauts who launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday.
On April 8, 2022, Connor was a private astronaut on Axiom Mission 1, traveling to the International Space Station (ISS). [31] The mission was the first all-private space mission to the International Space Station, with Connor one of a four-member crew, serving as pilot.
Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission will dock with the International Space Station for 8 days before returning to earth. ‘A new era’: SpaceX launches Axiom Space’s 1st all-private mission to the ...