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Four Ax-1 Astronauts Enter Station, Meet Expedition 67 Crew (News Release)
Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy are now aboard the International Space Station following Crew Dragon’s hatch opening at 10:13 a.m. EDT, Saturday, April 9.
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 is targeted to begin about 10:45 a.m. with the following participants:
- 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.
Source: NASA.Gov
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The #Ax1 mission from @Axiom_Space with four astronauts aboard the @SpaceX Dragon Endeavour docked to the station today at 8:29am ET. https://t.co/yuOTrYN8CV pic.twitter.com/FaoRTrKSKC
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) April 9, 2022
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