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.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See Falcon DetailsThe Falcon 9 first stage will attempt to land back at the launch site after this flight.
Landing Attempt ConfirmedThe specific spacecraft for this launch is currently unknown.
Crew Dragon 2 DetailsSpace 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.
INFO WIKINASA has selected Axiom Space to carry out the fourth in a series of private astronaut missions to the International Space Station in 2024.
NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than August 2024 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA and Axiom Space, a private space exploration company, have signed an order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), with a targeted launch no earlier than August 2024.
SpaceX will launch the 4th Axiom mission to the International Space Station no earlier than August 2024. NASA had previously signed a...
Axiom Space has signed a contract with SpaceX for three additional Crew Dragon missions, enough to meet its projections for private astronaut missions to the International Space Station through at least 2023.