Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 2

This is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.

Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• Peggy WhitsonCommander · AXS
• John ShoffnerPilot · AXS
• Ali AlQarniMission Specialist · SSA
• Rayyanah BarnawiMission Specialist · SSA

• B1080 · flight 1 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 1 · landed ✓ · zone record 53/54

• Ax-2 Mission | Launch — SpaceX
• Axiom Mission 2 Launches to the International Space Station (Official NASA Broadcast) — NASA

• Successful launch onto the rendezvous trajectory with the ISS

  SwGustav · 5/21/2023 · source

• Liftoff

  SwGustav · 5/21/2023 · source

• Livestream has started

  LL2 · 5/21/2023 · source

• Weather 60%

  Nosu · 5/19/2023 · source

• Updated launch date confirmed by NASA

  Jay · 5/5/2023 · source

• Reportedly targeting May 17 at 23:34 UTC.

  Nosu · 4/25/2023 · source

• No longer scheduled on May 8/9.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2023 · source

• NET May 8 EDT per Axiom Space.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/6/2023 · source

• NET May 2, 1 am EDT (time is per https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html)

  Cosmic_Penguin · 3/24/2023 · source

• Adding very approximate T-0

  Nosu · 3/22/2023 · source