Engineering:Axiom Mission 5
.jpg) Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS. | |
| Names | Ax-5 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Private spaceflight to the ISS |
| Operator | |
| Mission duration | 14–21 days (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members |
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| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | NET January 2027[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A or Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | missing name or missing name |
| Landing site | Pacific Ocean (planned) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Axiom Space missions | |
Axiom Mission 5 (or Ax-5) is an upcoming private spaceflight to the International Space Station operated by Axiom Space using a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission is planned to launch no earlier than January 2027 and last about two weeks.[2]
Crew
The mission will carry a professionally trained commander and three private astronauts.[3]
The Czech government had signed a memorandum of understanding with Axiom in 2024 to launch the first Czech astronaut, ESA astronaut Aleš Svoboda, on a future mission as part of the "Czech Journey to Space".[4] Just a week later the Portuguese government announced that they had also signed a similar memorandum, although there is no active Portuguese astronaut in the ESA astronaut corps.[5]
However, the British government also announced that they were planning on buying all four seats on an upcoming Axiom mission for astronauts Meganne Christian, Rosemary Coogan, John McFall, and Timothy Peake. Both crew and specific mission are yet to be confirmed.[4]
References
- ↑ "NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station" (in en). https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-axiom-space-for-fifth-private-mission-to-space-station/.
- ↑ "NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station - NASA" (in en-US). https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-axiom-space-for-fifth-private-mission-to-space-station/.
- ↑ Jones, Caleb. "Falcon 9 Block 5". https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/falcon-9-block-5-axiom-space-mission-5/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Parsonson, Andrew (6 September 2024). "Czech Government Signs Agreement with Axiom for Astronaut Mission". https://europeanspaceflight.com/czech-government-signs-agreement-with-axiom-for-astronaut-mission/.
- ↑ "Axiom Space, Portuguese Space Agency, and ANI Sign MoU to Ignite Era of Space Innovation at New Space Atlantic Summit". https://www.axiomspace.com/news/portuguese-space-agency-ani-mou.
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