For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The Crew-4 multinational team of astronauts from the US and Italy blasted off in the wee hours overnight in spectacular fashion, Wednesday, April 27, atop a recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida while seated inside the brand new SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft, bound for
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – After a prolonged departure delay due to poor weather the first ever all private astronaut crew that launched to the International Space Station (ISS) Friday morning, April 8, on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Axiom Mission 1 (AX-1) successfully splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTE/CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – The first ever all private astronaut crew that launched to the International Space Station (ISS) Friday morning, April 8, on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Axiom Mission 1 (AX-1) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on the Florida Space Coast successfully docked and boarded the orbiting outpost the
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The first ever all private astronaut crew successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) just before Friday morning, April 8, into clear blue skies on a recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule on a history making 10 day mission sponsored by Axiom Space from historic pad 39A
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – The first ever all private crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is ready for liftoff Friday morning, April 8, on a recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule on a history making 10 day mission sponsored by Axiom Space carrying a four person international crew of paying
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – NASA has approved Axiom Space for the first all private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a US commercial crew SpaceX vehicle that will launch no earlier than January 2022 – amidst a ramp up of a variety of vehicles visiting the human outpost in low Earth orbit. “NASA
For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – The first all private crew of four men will launch aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a groundbreaking visit to the International Space Station (ISS) early next year – while flying under the command of a veteran former NASA astronaut and under a commercial venture chartered by Axiom Space. The historic