Status
Axiom Mission 2 (AX-2)
Launch Time
Sun May 21, 2023 21:37 UTC
Sun May 21, 2023 21:37 UTC
First space flight by a Saudi female astronaut.
Rocket
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $67.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m
Vehicles
B1080
Flight #1
Landing Zone 1
205th Falcon recovery attempt
C212 (Freedom)
Flight #2
Shannon or Megan
390 day turnaround
Mission Details
Axiom Mission 2 (AX-2)
AX-2 is Axiom Space's second private crew rotation to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The crew will consist of commander and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner and Emirati mission specialists Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.
Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
2023
73rd orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
238th mission
34th mission of 2023
Falcon 9
227th mission
32nd mission of 2023