Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 2
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Axiom Space Mission 2
This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.
Crew Dragon Freedom
Serial C212
Launch Crew Count 4
Status Active
Landing Time 2023-05-31T03:05:00+0000
Crew
Peggy Whitson
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1960-02-09
Status Active
Type Private
John Shoffner
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-07-27
Status Occasional Spaceflight
Type Private
Ali AlQarni
Mission Specialist
Nationality Saudi
Date Of Birth
Status Active
Type Government
Rayyanah Barnawi
Mission Specialist
Nationality Saudi
Date Of Birth
Status Active
Type Government
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 297
Consecutive Success 297
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1080
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 9
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
Updates
SwGustav
2023-05-21T22:06:01+0000
Successful launch onto the rendezvous trajectory with the ISS
SwGustav
2023-05-21T21:37:30+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2023-05-21T18:06:53+0000
Livestream has started
Nosu
2023-05-19T07:59:47+0000
Weather 60%
Jay
2023-05-05T21:53:25+0000
Updated launch date confirmed by NASA
Nosu
2023-04-25T07:06:05+0000
Reportedly targeting May 17 at 23:34 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-04-23T07:07:42+0000
No longer scheduled on May 8/9.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-04-06T16:16:47+0000
NET May 8 EDT per Axiom Space.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-24T00:18:45+0000
NET May 2, 1 am EDT (time is per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)
Nosu
2023-03-22T10:55:46+0000
Adding very approximate T-0
Nosu
2023-03-21T18:55:48+0000
NET May 1
Nosu
2022-11-01T19:41:16+0000
NET May 1, 2023
Nosu
2022-08-10T09:27:08+0000
NET early 2023
Programs
Axiom Private Spaceflight
Axiom Space provides human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station. The company sent its first commercial astronauts into orbit in 2022. It also plans human spaceflight for government-funded and commercial astronauts engaging in in-space research, in-space manufacturing, and space exploration.
