Axiom Mission 1

Axiom Mission 1
Ax-1 approaching the ISS
NamesAx-1
Mission typePrivate spaceflight to the ISS
Operator
COSPAR ID2022-037A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.52204Edit this on Wikidata
Websiteaxiomspace.com/ax1
Mission duration17 days, 1 hour, 48 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftCrew Dragon Endeavour
Spacecraft typeCrew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Launch mass12,519 kg (27,600 lb)
Landing mass9,616 kg (21,200 lb)
Crew
Crew size4
Members
Start of mission
Launch date8 April 2022, 15:17:12 (8 April 2022, 15:17:12) UTC (11:17:12 am EDT)[1]
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5 (B1062.5)
Launch siteKennedy, LC‑39A
ContractorSpaceX
End of mission
Recovered byMV Megan
Landing date25 April 2022, 17:06 (25 April 2022, 17:06) UTC[2]
Landing siteAtlantic Ocean
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portHarmony zenith
Docking date9 April 2022, 12:29 UTC
Undocking date25 April 2022, 01:10 UTC
Time docked15 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]

  1. ^ "Ax-1 now targeting April 8th launch". 3 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Ax-1 crew returns safely to Earth, successfully completing first all-private astronaut mission to ISS". 25 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  3. ^ "NASA, Axiom Agree to First Private Astronaut Mission on Space Station". NASA. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "NASA Launch Schedule". NASA. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Israel's second astronaut to blast off to space in 2021". 16 November 2020.
  8. ^ a b c Robert Z. Pearlman (26 January 2021). "Axiom Space Names First Private Crew to Visit Space Station". Scientific American. Scientific American.

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