![]() Ax-1 approaching the ISS | |
Names | Ax-1 |
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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] an American born in Spain 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]
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