AXIOM-1

Senior officials from companies selected by NASA to develop new low Earth orbit space stations are eager for market input to drive their purpose.

NASA Kennedy Space Center 60th Anniversary SpaceX’s Axiom-1 is in the foreground on Launch Pad 39A with NASA’s Artemis I in the background on Launch Pad 39B on April 6, 2022. (NASA/Jamie Peer/NASA)BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — For nearly 60 years, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has played a key role in America’s space program. Now, as NASA’s new moon rocket and Orion spacecraft sit on launchpad 39B, the Space Center will play a crucial role in America’s return to the moon. READ: Kennedy Space Center to open ‘Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex’ this summerOfficials said the next logical step is to learn to live on the moon and apply the lessons learned for NASA’s mission to Mars. The rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet.

Space.com captured some views from a helicopter of Megan as it headed out into the Atlantic Ocean, bound for a spot near the splashdown zone of the Dragon that flew the historic Ax-1 mission.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, with the Ax-1 crew onboard.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The crew of the first all-private mission to the International Space Station will start their trip back to Earth on Saturday. READ: NASA moon rocket faces more flight delays as repairs mountThe Axiom Mission 1 is set to undock and depart from the ISS at 8:35 p.m. The crew will then de-orbit their spacecraft for a splash-down landing off the coast of Florida around 1:46 p.m. on Sunday. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 8 Axiom-1 becomes first all-private crewed mission to dock with ISSThe Axiom crew was originally supposed to undock on Tuesday, but rough weather conditions delayed their departure. WATCH: Unfavorable weather delays Axiom-1 splashdownThe earliest launch date for that Crew-4 mission is at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — NASA and SpaceX are trying to figure out the best time for Axiom-1, the first all-private mission to the International Space Station, to splash down. Unfavorable weather conditions have forced the crew to extend their stay. Until the crew returns, NASA and Space-X won’t be launching Crew-4. “The return of Axiom-1 is a moving target because the weather is really uncertain and very unsettled right now,” said Dr. Ken Kremer with Space UpClose. Teams just finished a dress rehearsal of launch day activities and successful completed a Falcon 9 static fire test.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The four Axiom-1 astronauts who launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday. READ: NASA’s moon rocket test canceled on Saturday, here’s whyThe SpaceX Endeavor spacecraft docked with the ISS around 8:30 a.m. Photos: Axiom-1 becomes first all-private crewed mission to dock with ISSExpand Autoplay Image 1 of 8 Axiom-1 becomes first all-private crewed mission to dock with ISSThe spacecraft traveled more than 20 hours before it arrived. The Axiom-1 astronauts are part of the first all-private mission to the ISS. WATCH: ‘A new era’: SpaceX launches Axiom Space’s 1st all-private mission to the Space Station“We had a pretty good night’s sleep last night after launching yesterday,” said Axiom-1 astronaut Michael López-Alegría.

The three first-time fliers on the first commercial crew to visit the International Space Station arrived on board the orbiting outpost where they were pinned as the world's newest astronauts.

The first non-government, privately-funded crew docked at space station Saturday for NASA-sanctioned research.

Sending private citizens to NASA’s International Space Station from American soil had never happened until today because NASA hadn’t allowed it.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is preparing to launch Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station Friday. Following the launch, the Falcon 9′s first-stage booster will land on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Video: First all-private astronaut mission to ISS set to liftoff from Kennedy Space Center this weekAxiom Space’s Ax-1 mission is the first all-private mission to the ISS and is composed of commander Michael López-Alegría, pilot Larry Connor, mission specialist Eytan Stibbe and mission specialist Mark Pathy. Read: Axiom-1: 1st all-private crewed mission to space station ready to launch from Space CoastYou can watch the launch here as it happens and on Channel 9. Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.

News 6 is offering several views of a historic launch from Florida’s Space Coast.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Florida Space Coast is days away from a first of its kind, an all-private mission to the International Space Station. The crew of Axiom-1 will spend eight days docked at the ISS performing more than two-dozen science experiments. WATCH: NASA crews move forward with last major tests of SLS rocket at Kennedy Space CenterThe crew said they aren’t tourists, they’re private astronauts. (Photo by SpaceX via Getty Images) (Handout/Getty Images)The crew is in quarantine ahead of a planned launch from the Kennedy Space Center, but held a virtual press conference on Friday. Axiom-1 is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center at 12:05 p.m., pending range approval.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — NASA and several astronauts are gearing up for two more scheduled launches to the International Space Station from the Space Coast in the coming weeks. Axiom-1 is scheduled to launch Wednesday from Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, marking the first all-private mission to ISS. READ: Orlando-area couple launches into space on Blue Origin flightCrew-4 is the NASA’s fourth operational mission to the International Space Station under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. A SpaceX Crew Dragon named Freedom will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to ISS. Next week, SpaceX will launch Axiom-1, the first private astronaut mission to ISS.

NASA faces tough schedule with moon rocket test, private astronaut launch and space station crew rotations.

NASA, SpaceX and Axiom Space will discuss a landmark private space mission today (Feb. 28), and you can watch it live.

Even as commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space prepares to launch the first fully private crew to the space station early next year, its engineers are also developing in-house spacesuits.