Launch of Axiom-3
Launch of Ax-3 on a Falcon 9 rocket.
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| Names | Ax-3 |
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| Mission type | Private spaceflight to the ISS |
| Operator | Axiom Space |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-014A  |
| SATCAT no. | 58815 |
| Mission duration | 21 days, 15 hours and 41 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Dragon Freedom |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Launch mass | 12,519 kg (27,600 lb) |
| Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
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| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 18 January 2024 21:49 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1080.5) |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV Shannon |
| Landing date | 9 February 2024, 13:30 UTC |
| Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony forward |
| Docking date | 20 January 2024, 10:42 UTC[2] |
| Undocking date | 7 February 2024, 14:20 UTC |
| Time docked | 18 days, 3 hours and 38 minutes |
 (L-R) López-Alegría, Wandt, Gezeravcı, Villadei, in black jumpsuits | |
Axiom Mission 3 (orAx-3) was a private spaceflight to the International Space Station. The flight launched on 18 January 2024,[1] and lasted for 21 days, successfully splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean.[3] It was operated by Axiom Space and used a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.[4] The booster, B1080, had previously flown Axiom-2, among other high-profile missions.[5]
All four crewmembers have backgrounds as military pilots.[6] Michael López-Alegría was the commander as an employee of Axiom; Walter Villadei from the Italian Air Force was the mission pilot.[7] The mission specialists were Alper Gezeravcı who was the first astronaut from Turkey;[8][9] and Swedish project astronaut Marcus Wandt ("project astronaut" is ESA's designation for an astronaut assigned to a project), who was the first member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group to receive a spaceflight mission. It was also the first commercial spaceflight mission for an ESA sponsored astronaut.[10] Wandt's component of the mission is called "Muninn"[11][12] as it overlaps with fellow Scandinavian ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen's mission – "Huginn".[13]
| Position | Astronaut | |
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| Spacecraft commander |  /  Michael López-Alegría, Axiom SpaceSixth spaceflight | |
| Pilot |  Walter Villadei, AMSecond spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 1 |  Alper Gezeravcı, TUAFirst spaceflight | |
| Mission Specialist 2 |  Marcus Wandt, SNSA / ESAFirst spaceflight | |
| Position | Astronaut | |
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| Spacecraft commander | Peggy Whitson, Axiom Space
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| Mission Specialist | Tuva Cihangir Atasever, TUA
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The crew lifted off on a Falcon 9 from LC-39A Florida to dock with the International Space Station for an intended mission duration of approximately two weeks.[14] Final mission duration was 21 days; mission ended with a splashdown into the Atlantic Ocean on 9 February 2024.
Axiom Mission 3
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