November 22, 2024

Awaiting Dragon’s Arrival: Expedition 70 Readies for Four Private Ax-3 Astronauts

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket bring the businesss Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on the Ax-3 objective to the area station. Credit: SpaceXThe seven-member Expedition 70 team will invite the third personal astronaut objective from Axiom Space to the International Space Station on Saturday. About an hour-and-a-half later on, the hatches will open and Ax-3 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria will get in the space station followed by Pilot Walter Villadei and Mission Specialists Alper Gezeravci and Marcus Wandt.The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is imagined docked to the space-facing port on the International Space Stations Harmony module.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the businesss Crew Dragon spacecraft is released on the Ax-3 mission to the area station. Credit: SpaceXThe seven-member Expedition 70 crew will welcome the 3rd private astronaut objective from Axiom Space to the International Space Station on Saturday. About an hour-and-a-half later, the hatches will open and Ax-3 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria will enter the space station followed by Pilot Walter Villadei and Mission Specialists Alper Gezeravci and Marcus Wandt.The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is visualized docked to the space-facing port on the International Space Stations Harmony module.