{"id":8597,"date":"2023-05-16T23:04:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-to-provide-coverage-for-axiom-mission-2s-briefings-events-and-broadcast\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T23:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:04:16","slug":"nasa-to-provide-coverage-for-axiom-mission-2s-briefings-events-and-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-to-provide-coverage-for-axiom-mission-2s-briefings-events-and-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA to Provide Coverage for Axiom Mission 2’s Briefings, Events and Broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NASA<\/p>\n

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website will feature some prelaunch and launch activities, as well as docking operations.<\/p>\n

Liftoff is scheduled for 5:37 p.m. EDT Sunday, May 21, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will travel to the orbiting outpost aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Freedom, after launching on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n

The Ax-2 crew members are Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. NASA’s mission responsibility is for integrated operations, which begins during the spacecraft’s approach to the International Space Station, continues during the crew’s stay aboard the orbiting laboratory conducting science, education, and commercial activities, and concludes once Dragon exits the area of the space station.<\/p>\n

NASA coverage of the Ax-2 launch is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on operations):<\/p>\n

Monday, May 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

5 p.m. \u2013 Flight Readiness Review Teleconference (NASA expects to host the telecon about one hour after the review is complete. The agency will update its space station blog with a specific start time.)<\/p>\n

This media briefing will focus on the readiness of the Ax-2 flight to visit the space station, including arrival, docking, in-orbit, and undocking operations at the orbital complex.<\/p>\n

Briefing participants include:<\/p>\n