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Hi everybody and welcome back to the Elon Musk podcast.
And in today's episode, we are going to embark on a journey to
explore the groundbreaking Axiom space ex2 mission.
Will they set the stories of the diverse Crew?
The crucial science will conduct aboard, the International Space
Station, and how last-minute hurdles reshape this mission on
May 21st. History was yet, made again as
XE was space. The pioneering private
spaceflight company launched its second private astronaut.
Mission the crew Dragon spacecraft Christian Freedom
took off from Kennedy Space. Center's launch complex 39, a
born skywards. By a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and
aboard the spacecraft. We're the foreperson aux two.
Astronauts ready to experience space freedoms departure marks.
A new era in space travel and exploration is the second
private. Astronaut Mission executed by X.
IMA space the event illustrates the escalating Trend towards
commercial Flight democratizing access to the Stars.
It lifted off at 5:37 p.m. eastern time at the spacecraft
and its trailblazing crew separated from the Rockets Upper
stage and about 12 minutes after liftoff.
The SpaceX engineer. Dragon spacecraft is set to dock
with the International Space Station on May 22nd around. 9:30
a.m. eastern time signifying. The beginning of the ax to
cruise extraordinary Journey, the And its crew will inhabit
the space station for an eight-day Mission.
Engaging in a host of scientific commercial and exploratory
activities leading. The ax 2 team is Peggy Whitson.
The former NASA astronaut who holds the distinguish u.s.
record for longest cumulative, time and space totaling six
hundred and sixty five days with stain is currently leveraging.
Her considerable expertise as director of human space flight
at Axiom. Steering the company's foray
into the Frontier. Now joining with Senators, John
shaffner a private astronaut who served as a backup for axioms.
Inaugural ax1 mission in 2022. Schaffner now takes the helm is
pilot for a X2, contributing his wealth of experience and skill
to the mission. The team is routed out by
Mission specialist Alia, Carney and Rihanna or will now we 270
astronauts selected by the Saudi space Commission in February as
part of the partnership agreed signed.
With Axiom space in September of 2022.
Now, those two are now just astronauts there.
Also, representatives of their Nation, becoming the second and
third Saudi citizens to venture into space.
They follow in the celestial, footsteps of Sultan bin Salman
outside, who blazed the trail is a payload specialist on a space
shuttle, mission in 1985 more significantly, or now he holds
the prestigious title of the first female, Saudi astronauts
marking a Mark moment for the nation space efforts.
Now while originally planned for a 10-day stint at the ISS, the a
x2's mission duration was clipped 28 days due to a delayed
Falcon heavy launch. And as the launch schedule
tightened, Axiom space, and NASA made the mutual decision, to
adjust the missions length fitting it into the bustling
manifest of missions targeting the station.
And despite the short timeline, Axiom space, maintains high,
expectations for the mission. Hesseman chief of mission
integration and operations at exim, space assured in a May 15
briefing. That the company prioritize
planned research activities, while cutting some low priority,
Outreach activities, Saudi astronauts.
Nevertheless, are expected to conduct a whole series of media
events during the your ISS tenure including engaging, with
students in interactive sessions.
Now, before the emission reduction, the crew already
faced an extensive schedule. The team is prepared to October
20 experiments spanning various fields from Life Sciences to in
space manufacturing. An axiom in its pursuit to
develop commercial modules for the ISS, as a precursor for a
standalone. Space station will also execute
its own technology demonstration.
Now, describing the mission Lucille.
Oh Chief scientist had Axiom emphasized its intensity during
an April briefing. We have an absolutely jam-packed
Mission see said, outlining the white Array of experiments
provided by the Saudi space commission and other partners.
And Axiom, she explained has been a laboriously working to
accommodate these projects into the available crew time and ISS
resources. In her words, the process was
like playing a massive game of very complicated,
four-dimensional Django. Now, Axiom has not let past
experiences. Go on learned lessons from ex1
where the four-person crew were swamped with tasks have been For
mental that preparing for ax to the crew, adapted, the mission
training, intensifying focus in some areas.
While tapering it others, and taking a leaf from past
practices with stdin a day, May 16th briefing.
Highlighted the necessity to return to a short duration
training style, similar to space flight training for the space
shuttle said, focusing on the areas where we need the most
experience with she said with sins own schedule is much less
constrained than that of her. Assessor?
Who commanded a X1 last year, she assured, I'll be available
to help the crew members a lot more as they need assistance,
which will primarily just be the first day or two and it's
notable that ax to marks the tenth crewed flight by SpaceX in
less than three years. This journey began with a demo
to commercial crew, test flight for NASA and may have 20/20.
And since then SpaceX has launched six crew rotation
missions to the ISS including a X1 and the trailblazing
Inspiration for a private astronaut mission in 2021, the
spent three days in space without docking with the
International Space Station. And as Axiom space steps forward
into this new frontier of commercial space flight each
Mission marks, it incremental shift in the world of space
exploration. When they grows increasingly
commercial inclusive, and also exciting.
And these missions aren't just about reaching for the stars,
are about making them more accessible.
To everybody. And in this sense, Axiom space
isn't just launching Rockets with SpaceX.
They're launching dreams for and New Frontier in the red biting
us all to look up and see where the future is headed and exim.
Space isn't even getting started the leadership at Axiom.
Envisions, the private spaceflight will continue much
later than when the space station is retired, which Anessa
anticipates will happen around 2030, and Axiom is one of
several. Us companies that are going to
be building a new privately owned space station.
It's an effort supported by NASA, but the private sector is
picking up the tab on this one. The ax to crew will work closely
with the professional astronauts that are already on the space
station and those astronauts will show the new ax to Mission
astronauts the ropes on board of the station, such as the
kitchen, the bathroom, where to sleep, how to sleep and certain
areas will remain off limits for just the International Space
Station. Professional astronauts.
That's been a great update about Axiom space.
I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy space flight because
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