Axiom Mission 2
Names | Ax-2 |
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Mission type | Space tourism |
Operator | SpaceX |
Website | https://www.axiomspace.com/ |
Mission duration | 16 days (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members |
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Start of mission | |
Launch date | Early 2023 (planned) [1] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony forward or zenith |
Time docked | 14 days (planned) [2] |
Axiom Space missions Crew Dragon flights |
Axiom Mission 2 (or Ax-2) is a planned SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS), operated by SpaceX on behalf of Axiom Space. Its first two crew members have been announced in May 2021.[3] In December 2021, NASA confirmed that the mission would fly on a Crew Dragon between fall 2022 and late spring 2023.[2]
The crew will include former NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson as mission commander and John Shoffner as pilot. It was confirmed on 2 June 2021 [4] that the mission would use a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The winner of the reality TV show of Discovery Who Wants to Be an Astronaut? could join this crew.[5]
Crew[]
Prime crew[]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Spacecraft commander | Peggy Whitson Fourth spaceflight | |
Pilot | John Shoffner First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | TBA | |
Mission Specialist 2 | TBA |
References[]
- ^ "Whitson to command planned commercial flight to space station". Spaceflight Now. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ a b "NASA Selects Second Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station". NASA. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Record-holding astronaut Peggy Whitson and mission pilot John Shoffner to lead Axiom Space's Ax-2 mission to enable new research in space". Axiom Space. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Axiom Space signs blockbuster deal with SpaceX through 2023 to fly three additional Axiom private crew missions to ISS" (PDF). Axiom Space. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Whitson to command second Axiom Space mission". SpaceNews. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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