Los Angeles (US), April 9: NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX launched a first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station on Friday.
The four-person multinational crew is composed of Commander Michael Lopez-AlegrÃa and Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, Mission Specialist Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mission Specialist Mark Pathy of Canada.
The mission, codenamed Ax-1, was launched on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket at 11:17 a.m. Eastern Time from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Source: Xinhua
