Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) astronauts Michael López-Alegría, Walter Villadei, Marcus Wandt, and Alper Gezeravci are actually aboard the International Space Station following Dragon’s hatch opening at 7:13 a.m. EST, Saturday, Jan. 20.
Ax-3 docked to the orbital complicated at 5:42 a.m. whereas the spacecraft was flying 262 miles above the Pacific Ocean, west of South America. It’s the third mission with a completely non-public crew to reach on the orbiting laboratory.
The Axiom House crew are becoming a member of Expedition 70 crew members aboard station, together with NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara, ESA (European House Company) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) astronaut Furukawa Satoshi, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Konstantin Borisov, Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chub.
Subsequent up, the station crew members will participate in a welcome ceremony aboard the Worldwide House Station.
Axiom House astronauts are anticipated to depart the house station Feb. 3, pending climate, for a return to Earth and splashdown at a touchdown website off the coast of Florida.
Be taught extra about station actions by following the house station weblog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on X, in addition to the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.
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