Launch of the Axiom-1 (Ax-1) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on the 8th of April 2022. Ax-1 is the first private astronaut mission to the ISS. The four-person crew for this mission were: Commander Michael Lopez Alegria of Spain and the United States, Pilot Larry Connor of the United States, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe of Israel, and Mark Pathy of Canada.