Ax-1's paying customers have trained hard for their mission.
, which is scheduled to launch on Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Still,"I would say it is not tourism at all," López-Alegría told Space.com during a conversation last year. Former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría shared this photo of himself in an Axiom Space-labeled vehicle early in the morning on April 6, 2022. He and the Ax-1 crew were up early for a dry dress rehearsal at the launch pad.
"I think it'll be an amazing experience, but one that is fulfilling because of not only the environment you're in, but also what the private astronauts will accomplish," he said. Ax-1 is"like a NASA mission to the ISS, and by no means what I equate to a leisurely, tourism adventure," he added. "It's much more than that.
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