The SpaceX Freedom Dragon crew spacecraft with the Axiom Mission-2 crew aboard is pictured approaching the International Space Station.
iss069e011321 (May 22, 2023) — The SpaceX Freedom Dragon crew spacecraft with four Axiom Mission-2 private astronauts aboard is pictured approaching the International Space Station 262 miles above the Earth. Freedom, commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, with Pilot John Shoffner and Mission Specialists Ala Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, docked to the Harmony module’s space-facing port at 9:12 a.m. EDT on Monday beginning eight days of docked operations with the seven-member Expedition 69 crew.