SpaceX AX-1

Axiom-1 lifts off from Pad 39A

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifting off with the Axiom-1 crew, behind the flag of the United States at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Press Site. (Vertical print / phone wallpaper)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifting off with the Axiom-1 crew, behind the flag of the United States at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Press Site. (Horizontal print / wallpaper)

The sooty sailor launching this mission is Falcon 9 B1062.5 and will be landing on the 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' droneship about 9 minutes after liftoff.

AX-1 is targeted to lift off no earlier than Friday, April 8th at 11:17 a.m. Eastern Time.

The crew of four: Michael López-Alegría, Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, & Eytan Stibbe, will reach the Space Station the following day.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour atop Falcon 9 at LC-39A, ready for Axiom Space's first all-private mission to the International Space Station.