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Axiom Space is using private astronaut flights to gain spaceflight experience ahead of installing a series of commercial modules on the ISS that are intended to serve as the core of a standalone space station after ISS retirement.
Axiom Space reported that the Ax-3 crew spent 17 days on the International Space Station.
Planned crewed missions 2024 include Axiom’s Ax-3 and Ax-4, NASA Crew-8 scheduled as soon as 2024-02-22, and NASA Crew-9 scheduled in August.
SpaceX targeted an instantaneous launch window at 4:49 p.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of Axiom Mission 3 from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center.
The Dragon supporting Axiom Mission 3 will return to Earth with more than 249.48 kg of science and supplies, including NASA experiments and hardware.
The SpaceX Dragon supporting Axiom Mission 3 previously flew Crew-4 and Ax-2 to and from the International Space Station.
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft carrying four Axiom Mission 3 astronauts was photographed docked to the International Space Station shortly after orbital sunrise on 2024-01-20.
Axiom Mission 3 has a planned mission duration of 14 days aboard the International Space Station.
Axiom Mission 3 docked to the International Space Station and the crew entered the station at 7:15 a.m. ET on 2025-01-20.
Axiom Mission 3 reached the International Space Station on 20 January.
The Axiom Mission 3 crew is scheduled to spend around 14 days aboard the International Space Station to carry out as many as 30 experiments while working alongside the seven astronauts already aboard the station.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying four Axiom Mission 3 astronauts aboard the Dragon Freedom spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA awarded Axiom Space a contract in 2020 giving Axiom access to a docking port on the ISS for its commercial modules.
The Dragon spacecraft supporting Ax-3 previously flew NASA Crew-4 and Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to and from the International Space Station.
SpaceX launched Axiom Space’s third private astronaut mission Ax-3 on 2024-01-18.
Axiom Space plans to continue flying short-duration private astronaut missions to the ISS at a pace of two per year through the launch of its first commercial module, which is now planned for late 2026.
Ax-4 is tentatively planned for launch in the fall of 2024, and neither Axiom Space nor NASA have announced firm plans for missions beyond Ax-4.
SpaceX launched Falcon 9’s Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, 2024-01-18 after a one-day delay.
Axiom Space flew Ax-1 in April 2022 and Ax-2 in May 2023.