UPDATE: SpaceX launches first ever private mission headed to the ISS.
Hawthorne-based SpaceX took part in another historic milestone in space exploration Friday, when it launched the first all-private mission to the International Space Station.to carry out Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission
Flying in the capsule are mission commander Michael López-Alegría, a former NASA astronaut and vice president of Axiom Space; pilot Larry Connor, a real estate entrepreneur and investor; mission specialist Eytan Stibbe, an investor and philanthropist; and mission specialist Mark Pathy, an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Houston-based Axiom Space was founded in 2016 with the ultimate goal of building a"free-flying commercial space station."
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