
Channel: SpaceX
Category: Science & Technology
Tags: missionnasaastronautsinternational space stationaxiom-1 missionaxiom spacespacexspaceax-1 mission
Description: On Saturday, April 9 at 8:29 a.m. ET, Dragon autonomously docked with the International Space Station. Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft to orbit from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, April 8 at 11:17 a.m. ET. After an eight-day stay, Dragon and the Ax-1 astronauts will return to Earth with a targeted splashdown off the coast of Florida. Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission is the first all-private human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station. The Ax-1 crew will participate in educational outreach and conduct innovative research experiments while on the orbiting laboratory.









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