On Friday, April 8 at 11:17 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Axiom Space’s Ax1 mission, Dragon’s fifth human spaceflight to the International Space Station, from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Axiom Space’s Ax1 mission is the first allprivate human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station. The Ax1 crew will participate in educational outreach and conduct innovative research experiments while on the orbiting laboratory.

Live webcast coverage will resume approximately two hours before docking, which is targeted for 7:45 a.m. ET (11:45 UTC) on Saturday, April 9. Follow Dragon and the Ax1 astronauts’ flight to the International Space Station below.