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A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the four Ax-1 astronauts docked with the International Space Station at 8:29 a.m. EDT (1229 GMT) today (April 9).

A crew of four is on its way to the International Space Station after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the first all-private space mission to the station.

NASA officials say the trend will help the U.S. space agency focus more of its resources on big-science exploration, including its Artemis program to send humans back to the moon and ultimately to Mars. While the space station has hosted civilian visitors from time to time, the Ax-1 mission marks the first all-commercial team of astronauts sent to ISS for its intended purpose as an orbiting research laboratory.

The first ever all-civilian crew to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) arrived safely at the orbiting research platform on Saturday to begin a week-long science mission.

Four private Axiom Space astronauts docked to the International Space Station after launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket less than 24 hours earlier.

The first all-private team of astronauts ever launched to the International Space Station (ISS) arrived safely at the orbiting research platform on Saturday to begin a week-long science mission hailed as a milestone in commercial spaceflight.

The four-member Axiom Mission 1 crew, including Montrealer Mark Pathy, arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday aboard the first all-private charter flight to the ISS.

Eytan Stibbe will remain on the International Space Station for eight days and perform scientific experiments

The three first-time fliers on the first commercial crew to visit the International Space Station arrived on board the orbiting outpost where they were pinned as the worlds newest astronauts.

Washington, April 9 (IANS) After a journey of almost 21 hours in the world's first private space mission, Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) astronauts arrived at the