Axiom Space’s Axiom mission 1 (Ax-1) is now targeting launch no earlier than (NET) Friday, April 8.
Late last week, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrived in the hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it has since been mated with the Falcon 9 rocket. The team is continuing with pre-launch processing work in the hangar ahead of vehicle rollout on Tuesday, April 5. This shift puts dry dress with the Ax-1 crew on Wednesday, April 6, followed by an integrated static fire test of the rocket on the same day.
As such, SpaceX, Axiom, and NASA are now targeting NET Friday, April 8 at 11:17 a.m. EDT for launch of the Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station. Docking is scheduled for Saturday, April 9 at approximately 7:30 a.m. EDT.
The Ax-1 crew astronauts continue their quarantine in Florida and are ready and prepared for launch.