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<\/a>The Flight Readiness Review for Axiom Mission 1 has concluded, and teams are proceeding toward launch of the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Pending range availability, launch is targeted no earlier than Sunday, April 3, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center\u2019s in Florida.<\/p>\n
NASA will hold a media conference at 6 p.m. EDT to discuss the outcome of the review. Listen live on the agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Participants include:<\/p>\n The Ax-1 crew members, Commander Michael L\u00f3pez-Alegr\u00eda of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel and Mark Pathy of Canada, will travel to the space station on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft after launching on the company\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n During the 10-day mission, the crew will spend eight days on the International Space Station conducting scientific research, outreach, and commercial activities.<\/p>\n For more information about NASA\u2019s low-Earth orbit commercialization activities, visit:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/leo-economy\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Flight Readiness Review for Axiom Mission 1 has concluded, and teams are proceeding toward launch of the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Pending range availability, launch is targeted no earlier than Sunday, April 3, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center\u2019s in Florida. NASA will hold a media \u2026 Continue reading \n
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