Axiom's private astronauts mission docks to space station
STORY: Axiom's private astronauts mission docks to space station
DATELINE: May 24, 2023
LENGTH: 00:03:26
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of crew of private astronauts
2. various of the launch
3. various of the spacecraft docking to the International Space Station
STORYLINE:
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carrying four private astronauts docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday.
The spacecraft lifted from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:37 p.m. Eastern Time Sunday. The crew docked to the ISS at 9:12 a.m. Monday.
The mission, codenamed Ax-2, is Axiom Space's second all-private astronaut mission to the ISS following the first mission in 2022.
The four-member crew includes mission commander Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner from the United States and two mission specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The crew is scheduled to spend about eight days on the ISS, performing over 20 scienc
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