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Launch Date
4/8/2022
Launch Site
KSC LC39A
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)
The four Crew-3 astronauts from NASA and the European Space Agency assisted the Ax-1 private crew during the visit to the International Space Station.
The Ax-1 agreement was completed under NASA’s 2019 pricing policy.
Axiom Space plans to fly people to the International Space Station on commercial crew spacecraft starting with the Ax-1 mission in early 2022.
Axiom Space previously has a deal with SpaceX for the Ax-1 mission to the ISS launching in early 2022.
The Ax-1 mission for Axiom Space is scheduled to launch no earlier than January 2022 and will spend a week at the International Space Station.
Axiom Space's Ax-1 private astronaut mission to the ISS is scheduled to launch 2022-03-31 after a one-month delay intended to account for additional spacecraft preparations and space station traffic.
Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission is scheduled to launch 2021-02-21 on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
SpaceX plans to follow the Ax-1 mission with the Ax-2 mission as soon as fall 2022.
Axiom Space Ax-1 will send four people to the International Space Station on a Crew Dragon spacecraft scheduled to launch on 2022-03-30.
The Ax-1 private astronaut mission by Axiom Space is scheduled to launch 2022-03-30 on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Axiom Space plans to follow Ax-1 with Ax-2, slated for launch in early 2023 and to be commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson.
Axiom Space has disclosed few financial details about Ax-1 and the three customers are rumored to have paid approximately $55,000,000 each.
NASA planned to negotiate with the Space Launch System program if Ax-1 launch delays conflicted with SLS fueling test and countdown rehearsal activities beginning as soon as 2022-04-11.
The SpaceX Ax-1 commercial mission for Axiom Space is scheduled to launch from Launch Complex 39A on 2022-04-08.
Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator for science, prefers previously used SpaceX boosters over totally new ones for most science applications following the 2022-04-08 Ax-1 mission to the ISS.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour was scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on 2022-04-19 and splash down off the Florida coast on the morning of 2022-04-20 to conclude Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission.
SpaceX launched Dragon and the Ax-1 crew to the ISS on Falcon 9 from Launch Complex 39A on Friday, 2022-04-08.
The 2022-12-28 Falcon 9 booster previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, and Nilesat 301, and it has supported six Starlink missions in total.
Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) launched on 2022-04-08 and its crew spent 17 days in orbit working on 26 science payloads and conducting more than 30 STEAM educational and public outreach engagements.
NASA previously selected Axiom Space for the Ax-1 mission that went to the International Space Station in April 2022 and for Ax-2, which is scheduled to launch as soon as May.