Liftoff is set for 11:17 a.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The first private civilian crew is ready to make history, hitching a ride to the International Space Station onThis is space company Axiom’s first mission to the ISS. Onboard is a former NASA astronaut who will serve as commander and three civilians who paid to join. The civilian astronauts will spend over a week in space. The crew is expected to dock on Saturday morning.
"It’s one of those things, you could see it a million times, and it just gets better," said David Lane, visiting from New Hampshire. As far as weather, it's looking good with a 90-percent chance of favorable conditions at launch time.People camping out at Jetty Park have come from all over the country, some coming all the way from Canada to see Friday's space launch.The AX-1 crew will fly on SpaceX's Dragon Endeavour capsule to and from the space station and splash down off the coast of Florida following 10 days in orbit.
From left to right: Larry Connor, Ax-1 pilot; Mark Pathy, Ax-1 mission specialist; Michael Lopez-Alegria, Ax-1 commander; Eytan Stibbe, impact investor and philanthropist.Michael López-Alegría is the Chief Astronaut for Axiom Space and Commander of the Ax-1 mission. López-Alegría is a four-time astronaut, having flown on Space Shuttle missions STS-73, STS-92, and STS-113, and served as Commander of ISS Expedition 14, flying to and from the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-9.
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