AXIOM AX-1 POST-LAUNCH BRIEFING, Apr 8, 2022, virtual, ~12:30 pm ET

Update, April 6: Axiom’s website currently says the post-launch briefing is at 12:30 pm ET on April 8 or approximately one hour after launch (launch is at 11:17 am ET).

Update, April 3: The launch has been postponed because of the delay to the Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal. Launch is now rescheduled for April 8.  Information on associated briefings is forthcoming.

Original Entry:  Axiom Space, SpaceX, and NASA will hold a post-launch briefing following the 12:05 pm ET launch of Axiom-1 (Ax-1). The briefing is scheduled for 1:15 pm ET.

Participants are:

• Michael Suffredini, President and CEO, Axiom Space 
• Derek Hassmann, Operations Director, Axiom Space  
• Kathy Lueders, Associate Administrator for Space Operations, NASA 
• Dana Weigel, International Space Station Deputy Program Manager, NASA 
• Angela Hart, Commercial LEO Program Manager, NASA 
• Benjamin Reed, Senior Director, Human Spaceflight Programs, SpaceX

This is the first of a number of press conferences and coverage of launch and docking. See our separate calendar entries for details, but this is a quick summary.

Friday, April 1, 1:00 pm ET:  Axiom Crew News Conference
Tuesday, April 5, no earlier than 3:00 pm ET (one hour after Launch Readiness Review concludes): Axiom/SpaceX/NASA Pre-launch News Conference
Wednesday, April 6, 8:40 am ET through launch at 12:05 pm ET: Axiom/SpaceX launch coverage (NASA TV joins at 10:45 am ET)
Wednesday, April 6, 1:15 pm ET: Axiom/SpaceX/NASA post-launch Media Briefing
Friday, April 8, 1:00 am ET: Axiom and NASA docking coverage, with docking scheduled for ~2:45 am ET and hatch opening at ~5:00 am ET