.jpg) Ax-1 approaching the ISS | |
| Names | Ax-1 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Private spaceflight to the ISS |
| Operator | |
| COSPAR ID | 2022-037A |
| SATCAT no. | 52204 |
| Website | axiomspace |
| Mission duration | 17 days, 1 hour, 48 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Launch mass | 12,519 kg (27,600 lb) |
| Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 April 2022, 15:17:12 UTC (11:17:12 am EDT)[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1062.5) |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV Megan |
| Landing date | 25 April 2022, 17:06 UTC[2] |
| Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony zenith |
| Docking date | 9 April 2022, 12:29 UTC |
| Undocking date | 25 April 2022, 01:10 UTC |
| Time docked | 15 days, 12 hours, 41 minutes |
 Axiom Mission 1 patch  Clockwise from left: Connor, Stibbe, Pathy and López-Alegría | |
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] The spacecraft used was a SpaceX Crew Dragon. The crew consisted of Michael López-Alegría,[6] a Spaniard-American and a professionally trained astronaut hired by Axiom, Eytan Stibbe[7] from Israel,[8] Larry Connor from the United States,[8] and Mark Pathy from Canada.[8]
- ^ "Ax-1 now targeting April 8th launch". 3 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Ax-1 crew returns safely to Earth, successfully completing first all-private astronaut mission to ISS". 25 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "NASA, Axiom Agree to First Private Astronaut Mission on Space Station". NASA. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Axiom Space's Mission Control Center Ready to Support Upcoming Ax-1 Mission to International Space Station". Axiom Space. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "NASA Launch Schedule". NASA. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ Irene Klotz [@Free_Space] (18 September 2020). "SpaNSFce Hero mission is about 4th on @Axiom_Space manifest, Mike Suffredini tells @AviationWeek. First up in October '21 is flight of 3 private individuals and former @NASA_Astronauts Mike Lopez-Algeria" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Israel's second astronaut to blast off to space in 2021". 16 November 2020.
- ^ a b c Robert Z. Pearlman (26 January 2021). "Axiom Space Names First Private Crew to Visit Space Station". Scientific American. Scientific American.
