The launch will send a SpaceX Crew Dragon to orbit March 30, for a 10-day International Space Station mission.
The mission will be use a SpaceXspacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, both operated by SpaceX. The California company uses the same spacecraft-rocket system to launch human missions to the ISS for NASA's Commercial Crew program.
Following an undocking from Harmony, Ax-1 and its four crewmembers are scheduled to splash down in the Atlantic Ocean on April 10.Michael Lopez-Alegria, former NASA astronaut, is the Ax-1 mission commander. López-Alegría is a former president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, a former member of the Human Exploration and Operations Committee of the NASA Advisory Council, and former part of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee to the Federal Aviation Administration. Another of his many affiliations is past president of the Association of Space Explorers USA.Larry Connor will be the pilot of Ax-1.
Pathy is also chair of the board of Stingray Group Inc., a publicly traded music, media and technology company that is also in Montreal. His previous affiliations include president and CEO of dry bulk shipping company Fednav International, and co-CEO of the parent company of Fednav
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