STP85 - Everything You Need To Know About Axiom-1
On Friday 8th April, the Axiom-1 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center with a crew of 4 inside the SpaceX dragon capsule Endeavour. Today we're going to tell you all you need to know about it.
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Axiom-1 News Articles:
SpaceX private Ax-1 mission's science includes self-assembling robots and light-powered air filters:
https://www.space.com/axiom-1-space-station-science-work
Don’t call them 'space tourists,' says former NASA astronaut commanding private Ax-1 mission:
https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-not-space-tourists-spacex-ax1-mission
Ax-1, the first private crew to space station, welcomed aboard with astronaut pins:
https://www.space.com/spacex-axiom-1-space-station-crew-arrival
Private Ax-1 astronauts on SpaceX capsule to mint NFT artwork in space:
https://www.space.com/spacex-ax1-astronauts-digital-artwork-in-space-nfts
The Canadian Space Agency remembers Bjarni Tryggvason:
https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2022/04/the-canadian-space-agency-remembers-bjarni-tryggvason.html
This Week’s Launches:
Wed 6 Apr 2022: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China: CASC: Long March 4C: Gaofen-3 03:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6921
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Thur 7 Apr 2022: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia: VKS RF: Soyuz 2.1b: Cosmos 2554:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6924
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Fri 8 Apr 2022: Kennedy Space Center, Florida: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: Axiom Mission 1:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/3954
This Week’s Other News:
NASA scaling back Artemis 1 moon mission test due to faulty valve:
https://www.space.com/nasa-scaling-back-artemis-1-moon-mission-test
James Webb Space Telescope's most heat-sensitive instrument continues cooling to absolute zero:
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-instrument-cooling-update
Neptune is cooling down and scientists don't know why:
https://www.space.com/neptune-cooling-down-temperature-mystery
Spaceport construction set to begin on UK's northernmost island:
https://www.space.com/saxavord-scotland-spaceport-construction-begins
Netflix's 'Return To Space' :
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood:
For All Mankind — Season 3 Date Announcement | Apple TV+:
Image Credits: Axiom Space
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Emily Carney
A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.
In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
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Dave Giles
Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
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