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<\/a>NASA TV coverage is underway for the launch of Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) \u2013 the second all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station<\/a>. Launch is targeting liftoff at 5:37 p.m. EDT from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center<\/a> in Florida.<\/p>\n The live launch broadcast is carried on NASA TV<\/a>, the NASA app<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s website<\/a>. The broadcast will end after orbital insertion approximately 15 minutes after launch.<\/p>\n SpaceX\u2019s Dragon spacecraft will carry Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi to the orbital complex. The Ax-2 crew will dock about 9:16 a.m. Monday, May 22, to the space-facing port of the station\u2019s Harmony module<\/a>.<\/p>\n At 7 p.m., the agency\u2019s website will air the Ax-2 Postlaunch Media Briefing (targeted about one hour following launch) with leadership from NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX providing an update on the launch and mission operations.<\/p>\n Participants include:<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s mission responsibility is for integrated operations, which begins during the spacecraft\u2019s approach to the International Space Station, continues during the crew\u2019s stay aboard the orbiting laboratory conducting science, education, and commercial activities, and concludes once Dragon exits the area of the space station.<\/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:\u00a0https:\/\/roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov\/videupdate\/<\/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":" NASA TV coverage is underway for the launch of Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) \u2013 the second all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeting liftoff at 5:37 p.m. EDT from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The live launch broadcast is carried on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency\u2019s \u2026 Continue reading \n
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