The hardware that will launch the first-ever all-private astronauts mission to the International Space Station has arrived at the pad.
On Tuesday, April 5, the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule were rolled out to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the launch of the Ax-1 mission. The photos of the roll out were posted on the new tab.
The rocket is scheduled to lift off on Friday. Three paying customers and a former NASA Astronaut will be sent to the space station for an eight-day stay.
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Private citizens have visited the station before, but they have always flown with government astronauts. The new trail will be called Ax-1.
The first all-private crewed trip to Earth was not the coming mission. Inspiration4 is a flight purchased and commanded by a tech mogul. He and three other people were in a Dragon capsule for three days, but they did not meet up with the space station.
The launch of Ax-1 was pushed back to accommodate the Artemis 1 moon mission, which was held that same weekend.
The Artemis 1 test was delayed and halted due to technical issues, but will resume after the Ax-1 gets off the ground.
The Crew-4 mission will send three NASA astronauts and one European spaceflyer to the space station for a lengthy stay, and is coming up this month as well. The crew will launch from Pad 39A on April 20.
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