The Dragon capsule is scheduled to dock for the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
On board is Eytan Stibbe, the second-ever Israeli to go to space. He is one of three businessmen to have paid $55 million apiece for the rocket ride.
NASA has hailed the three-way partnership with Axiom and SpaceX as a key step towards commercializing the region of space known as “Low Earth Orbit,” leaving the agency to focus on more ambitious voyages deeper into the cosmos.
While wealthy private citizens have visited the ISS before, Ax-1 is the first mission featuring an all-private crew flying a private spacecraft to the outpost. Axiom pays SpaceX for transportation, and NASA also charges Axiom for use of the ISS.
Stibbe, a former fighter pilot, is carrying some 35 experiments for companies and research institutions
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