Axiom Mission 2
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. After eight days docked to the ISS, the Dragon crew capsule Freedom undocked and returned to Earth twelve hours later.
| Names | Ax-2 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Private spaceflight to ISS |
| Operator | Axiom Space |
| COSPAR ID | 2023-070A |
| SATCAT no. | 56739 |
| Website | www |
| Mission duration | 9 days, 5 hours and 27 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon Freedom |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
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| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 May 2023, 21:37 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1080.1) |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, 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 and 53 minutes |
Axiom Mission 2 patch (L-R) Whitson, Shoffner, AlQarni and Barnawi Crew Dragon flights | |
Ax-2 was the second Axiom mission after Axiom Mission 1 in April 2022 and the third private crewed SpaceX Dragon mission.
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