Axiom Space’s Ax-2 crew docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, May 22, following a nearly 15-hour journey. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft rendezvoused with the ISS Harmony module at 9:12 a.m. EDT while traveling over Northeast Japan.
The Ax-2 crew is the second all-private astronaut crew to travel to the ISS. The four-person, multinational crew lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:37 p.m. EDT on Sunday, May 21.
Following pressurization and leak checks between the Dragon and space station hatches, the Ax-2 crew will join the ISS Expedition 69 crew already aboard the station.
The crew is expected to stay aboard the space station for eight days as they complete a full itinerary of scientific research and outreach efforts.
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