‍Permitting process for an expansion of the Starbase launch site to include a second orbital pad has been paused. Presumably, the expansion is not a priority for SpaceX at this point. Focus right now is on the existing Starbase orbital pad and the Florida buildout.
Source: @nextspaceflight, @verge

All systems are looking good for tomorrow’s Falcon 9 launch of the Axiom Space Ax-1 mission to the space station; teams are keeping an eye on downrange weather along the ascent corridor. Webcast will go live at ~7:55 a.m. ET → http://spacex.com/launches/ax-1/
Source: @SpaceX

🚀 Next launch
Mission Axiom Space Mission 1
Vehicle Falcon 9
Pad LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center 🇺🇸

📅 April 8th, 15:17 UTC+0

Mission information 🌍
Type Tourism
Orbit Low Earth orbit

Dragon information 🐉
Crew 👨‍🚀👨‍🚀👨‍🚀👨‍🚀
Capsule C206

Vehicle information 🚀
Core B1062.5 (fifth flight ♻️)
Landing ASOG (ASDS)

ℹ️ This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a commander professionally trained by Axiom alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.

🔴 Live Stream

They have arrived at 39A
Source: @NASASpaceflight

Larry knows the traditional way to greet a SpaceX pad ninja!
Source: @NASASpaceflight

The walk to space! Crew ingress getting underway.
Source: @spacex360

SLS Artemis-1 and Crew Falcon 9 on 39B and 39A respectively:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmAv2cyh_nE
Source: @NASASpaceflight

Crew ingress complete.
Source: @spacex360

Our #Ax1 crew is now seated in the Dragon spacecraft and will begin pre-launch checklists.
  
✔️comms check 
✔️seats rotated  
✔️suit leak checks  

NEXT: side hatch for flight will close for flight = key visual milestone on the timeline to liftoff!
Source: @Axiom_Space

‍Communication checks complete. Seats have also been rotated into position. Suit leak checks in progress. Hatch closure coming up.
Source: @spacex360

Bad leak check on Crew Dragon. Reopening the hatch to check the seal.
Source: @nextspaceflight

Update: Good leak check on the second attempt.

Falcon 9 is into fueling for launch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nLk_Vqp7nw
Source: @NASASpaceflight

🟢 We are GO for launch

Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon on the first all-private human spaceflight mission to the ISS!
Source: @SpaceX

Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed. Second stage engine burn underway
Source: @SpaceX

Falcon 9’s first stage booster has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship

The booster has now helped deliver 8 astronauts to orbit.
Source: @SpaceX

Some perspective on Crew Dragon's rapid rise: It has now flown 22 astronauts into orbit. China, widely regarded as having the second-most capable space program in the world, has launched 20 astronauts since 2003.
Source: @SciGuySpace

Dragon has separated from Falcon 9’s second stage
Source: @SpaceX

Dragon will perform a series of burns on its way to the space station for a targeted docking at 11:45 UTC on Saturday, April 9
Source: @SpaceX