The International Space Station is pictured from inside a window aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony modules space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021.
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NASA will host a media teleconference Friday, March 25, following the agencys flight readiness review for the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
This media briefing will focus on the readiness of the Ax-1 flight to visit the space station, including arrival, docking, in-orbit, and undocking operations at the orbital complex.
The briefing time, currently scheduled at 6p.m. EDT or one-hour after the review ends, will be updated on NASAs space station blog at the completion of the meeting.
Briefing participants include:
- Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, NASAs Space Operations Mission Directorate
- Dana Weigel, deputy manager, NASAs International Space Station Program
- Angela Hart, program manager, NASAs Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Program
- Michael Suffredini, president and CEO, AxiomSpace
- Derek Hassmann, operations director, AxiomSpace
- William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
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