Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3)

Status

Success

Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3)

Launch Time
Thu Jan 18, 2024 21:49 UTC

Launch included the first Turkish astronaut.

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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 #5

89 day turnaround

281st Falcon recovery attempt

268th successful Falcon recovery

10th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

191st consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Shannon

C212 (Freedom)

Flight #3

242 day turnaround

Manifest

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

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Location

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

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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