Axiom Ax-1 Crew welcomed by International Space Station Crew
Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy now are aboard the International Space Station following Crew Dragon’s hatch opening at 10:13 a.m. EDT, Saturday, April 9, 2022.
Ax-1 docked to the orbital complex at 8:29 a.m. while the spacecraft were flying 260 miles above the central Atlantic Ocean. It is the first mission with an entirely private crew to arrive at the orbiting laboratory.
The Axiom crew are joining Expedition 67 crew members, including NASA astronauts Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Sergey Korsokov, and Denis Matveev.
The welcome ceremony included:
Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate
Michael Suffredini, President and CEO, Axiom Space
The Ax-1 crew will spend more than one week aboard the orbiting laboratory conducting science, education, and commercial activities.
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