NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3)

Launch Time
Thu Jan 18, 2024 21:49 UTC

Launch included the first Turkish astronaut.

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

Vehicles

Landing Zone 1

B1080

Flight #5
89 day turnaround
276th Falcon recovery attempt
263rd successful Falcon recovery
10th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
191st consecutive successful Falcon landing
Shannon

C212 (Freedom)

Flight #3
242 day turnaround

Mission Details

Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3)

Ax-3 is Axiom Space's third private crew rotation to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The crew consists of commander and former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, pilot Col. Walter Villadei of the Italian Air Force, Turkish mission specialist Alper Gezeravci, and ESA astronaut Marcus Wandt of Sweden

Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2024

14th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

306th mission
6th mission of 2024
300th successful mission
272nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

292nd mission
6th mission of 2024
289th successful mission
263rd consecutive successful mission