Axiom AX-3

USA / Axiom

Manned Flight nº:

Earth orbit Flight nº:

US/Axion manned Flight nº:

CIVILIAN mission to the ISS. xth manned flight to ISS. Flight: ISS-**

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation 24
Launch date - time 18 January 2024 - 21:49:11 UTC
Launch site CCK, SLC-39A
Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.2 (B1080.5)
Spacecraft Dragon 2 (D2 C212.3)
Mass (kg) 12055? kg
Total cargo mass (kg)  kg
Mission  manned launch to ISS
Docking date - time 20.01.2024 - 10:42 UTC
Target spacecraft/port ISS/Harmony IDA-2/PMA-2??
Earth orbit on :
   - Perigee / Apogee 400 km
   - Inclination 51.66°
   - Period  min
Undocking date - time 07.02.2024 - 14:20 UTC
Landing date - time 09.02.2024 - 13:29:44 UTC
Landing location 29º48´ N, 80º42´ W
Flight Duration (d:hr:min) 21d 15h 40m 33s
Nbr orbits 346
Landing crew launch crew
 X-3 patch
Muninn patch

Muninn path


Launched Crew

Nr. Name Job Duration Orbits
1  Lopez-Alegria, Peggy (US)  CDR  21d 15h 40m 33s  346
2  Villadei,Walter (Italy)  PLT  21d 15h 40m 33s  346
3  Gezeravci, Alper(Turkiye)  MS  21d 15h 40m 33s  346
4  Wandt, Hans (Sweden)  MS  21d 15h 40m 33s  346

Backup Crew:

Nr. Name Job
1  Whitson, Peggy Annette (US)  CDR
2  ?, ? (US)  PLT
3  Atasever, Tuva (Turkiye)  MS

Axiom Ax-2 crew

Crew aboard the ISS station.

Description:

  • Axiom Mission 3 (or Ax-3) was a private spaceflight to the International Space Station. The flight launched on January 18, 2024, and lasted for 21 days, successfully splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. It was operated by Axiom Space and used a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The booster, B1080, had previously flown Axiom-2, among other high-profile missions.
  • The Swedish component of Ax-3 would be the Muninn mission with Marcus Wandt as the first ESA astronaut launched by a private space provider. Wandt was also the first member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group to receive a spaceflight mission. The mission's name comes from one of Odin's two ravens that together combined symbolize the human mind with Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen being launched as part of the Huninn mission on SpaceX Crew-7.
  • This was the first time that two Scandinavians were in space at the same time. Wandt conducted 20 experiments and participated in five educational programs from understanding the effects of space habitat designs on astronaut stress levels to exploring cellular structure changes and gene expression in microgravity. The mission's patch shows Muninn gliding around Earth to share the knowledge collected by Wandt. The dark blue circle represents Earth and includes lighter lines depicting Sweden.

Axiom Ax-3 approch

Axiom-3 approaching the ISS

 Axiom Ax-3 docked

Axiom-3 docked to the ISS.

Mission details:

  • The crew lifted off on a Falcon 9 from LC-39A Florida to dock with the International Space Station for an intended mission duration of approximately two weeks. Final mission duration was 21 days; mission ended with a splashdown into the Atlantic Ocean on February 9, 2024.

Axiom Ax-3 landing

Axiom-3 after landing in sea.

 Axiom Ax-3 recovery

Axiom-3 recovery.

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