Axiom Ax-3

Axiom Space signed a mission order with NASA on 2023-03-14 for a third private astronaut mission, Ax-3, scheduled for as soon as November.

Italy has worked with Axiom Space since 2018 and expects to fly an astronaut on the Ax-3 mission as soon as late 2023.

NASA signed a mission order with Axiom Space on 2023-03-14 for a third private astronaut mission designated Ax-3.

NASA and Axiom Space signed a mission order for Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) in March 2023.

Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) is targeted to launch no earlier than January 2024 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Ax-3 crew aboard a Dragon spacecraft to the ISS no earlier than January 2024 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Launching Ax-3 from SLC-40 would allow Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission to launch 2023-01-12 from Launch Complex 39A.

Ax-3 is slated to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than Wednesday, 2024-01-17, at 5:11 p.m. EST.

Axiom Space is set to launch its third private astronaut mission, Ax-3, to the International Space Station.

SpaceX postponed the 2024-01-17 Ax-3 launch less than six hours before liftoff and rescheduled the launch for 2024-01-18 at 4:49 p.m. Eastern.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Ax-3 astronauts launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:49 p.m. ET on 2025-01-18.

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.

Axiom Space completed the Ax-3 private astronaut mission on 2024-02-09.