Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2)

Status

Success

Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2)

Launch Time
Sun May 21, 2023 21:37 UTC

First space flight by a Saudi female astronaut. First landing of a booster from a crewed mission on land at LZ-1.

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $69.75 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Vehicles

Landing Zone 1

B1080

Flight #1

210th Falcon recovery attempt

198th successful Falcon recovery

120th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Megan

C212 (Freedom)

Flight #2

390 day turnaround

Manifest

Mission Details

Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2)

Ax-2 is Axiom Space's second private crew rotation to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The crew consists of commander and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner and Emirati mission specialists Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.

Payloads: 1

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

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Stats

2023

75th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

238th mission

34th mission of 2023

232nd successful mission

204th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

227th mission

32nd mission of 2023

224th successful mission

198th consecutive successful mission