Well folks, we’ve got another Crew Dragon mission today!
Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-01-18, 21:49 |
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Scheduled for (local) | 2024-01-18, 16:49 (EST) |
Mission | Axiom-3 |
Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. |
Booster | B1080-5 |
Landing | LZ-1 |
Dragon | Freedom C212-3 |
Commander | Michael López-Alegría 🇺🇸/🇪🇸 |
Pilot | Walter Villadei 🇮🇹 |
Mission Specialist | Alper Gezeravcı 🇹🇷 |
Mission Specialist | Marcus Wandt 🇸🇪 |
Mission success criteria | Successful launch and docking to the ISS |
Webcasts
Stream | Link |
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Axiom Space | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr8gN1DFj4w |
Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s8BjSA28Pg |
NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHYD95rxU-E |
Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH77tfuFClM |
The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5wxwf9ak6k |
SpaceX | https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1748068088506143109#m |
The Space Devs | TBD |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 1st launch from LC-39A in 2024
☑️ 20 days, 20:42:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 6th SpaceX launch of 2024
☑️ 34th landing on LZ-1
☑️ 219th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 265th Falcon Family Booster landing
☑️ 306th SpaceX launch overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 317th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)
Mission info
AX-3 is Axiom Space’s third private crew rotation to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Link | Source |
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SpaceX mission website | SpaceX |
Axiom Space mission website | https://www.axiomspace.com/ |
https://nitter.net/SpaceX/status/1747290740265549957#m
https://nitter.net/SpaceX/status/1747427902348726648#m
NASASpaceFlight footage of static fire.