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| Names | Ax-2 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Private spaceflight to the ISS |
| Operator | |
| COSPAR ID | 2023-070A |
| SATCAT no. | 56739 |
| Website | axiomspace |
| Mission duration | 9 days, 5 hours, 26 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Freedom |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 May 2023, 21:37:09 UTC (5:37:09 pm EDT)[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1080.1), Flight 226 |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV Megan |
| Landing date | 31 May 2023, 03:04 UTC |
| Landing site | Gulf of Mexico |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony zenith |
| Docking date | 22 May 2023, 13:12 UTC |
| Undocking date | 30 May 2023, 15:05 UTC |
| Time docked | 8 days, 1 hour, 53 minutes[2] |
 Axiom Mission 2 patch  From left: Whitson, Shoffner, AlQarni and Barnawi | |
Axiom Mission 2 (or Ax-2) was a private crewed spaceflight operated by Axiom Space. Ax-2 was launched on 21 May 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9, successfully docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on 22 May.[3][2] After eight days docked to the ISS, the Dragon crew capsule Freedom undocked and returned to Earth twelve hours later.[4]
Ax-2 was the second Axiom mission after Axiom Mission 1 in April 2022 and the third private crewed SpaceX Dragon mission.
- ^ Baylor, Michael. "Falcon 9 Block 5 - Axiom Mission 2 (AX-2)". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "SpaceX Dragon capsule docks at space station with private Ax-2 astronaut crew (Video)". Space.com. 22 May 2023.
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