SpaceX rocket with 4 private astronauts a "GO" launch today

Axiom Space is ready to launch its second-ever private mission to the International Space Station today (May 21), a flight that will mark a series of spaceflight firsts.

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The 10-day Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station has been cleared for launch, representatives from Axiom Space, NASA and SpaceX said Saturday (May 20) after completing one final launch readiness review. Liftoff is set for 5:37 p.m. (2137 GMT) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule, which will launch from Pad 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

“It’s obviously a very, very exciting day,” Derek Hassmann, Axiom Space chief of mission integration and operations, told reporters in a teleconference this evening. “We worked a long, long time in collaboration with our partners at SpaceX and NASA to get to this point. The crew has been working very hard to get trained and they’re certainly ready to go.”

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