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{{Short description|Orbital space tourism mission operated by SpaceX on behalf of Axiom Space}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name               = Axiom Mission 2
| names_list         = Ax-2
| image              = 
| image_caption      = 
| image_size         = 300px

| mission_type       = [[Astronomy:Space tourism|Space tourism]]
| operator           = [[Company:SpaceX|SpaceX]]
| COSPAR_ID          = 
| SATCAT             = 
| website            = https://www.axiomspace.com/
| mission_duration   = 16 days (planned)

| spacecraft         = 
| spacecraft_type    = [[Engineering:SpaceX Dragon 2|Crew Dragon]]
| manufacturer       = [[Company:SpaceX|SpaceX]] 
| launch_mass        = 
| landing_mass       = 
| dry_mass           = 
| payload_mass       = 

| crew_size          = 4
| crew_members       = {{Ubl|Peggy Whitson|John Shoffner}}
| crew_callsign      = 

| launch_date        = Early 2023 (planned)<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Foust |first=Jeff |user=jeff_foust |number=1483810653894815755 |title=At this morning's NASA Advisory Council human exploration and operations committee meeting, NASA's Phil McAlister says that, in addition in the slip in the Ax-1 private astronaut mission announced yesterday, Ax-2 is now expected to fly early next year, not late this year. |date=19 January 2022 |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref>
| launch_rocket      = [[Engineering:Falcon 9 Block 5|Falcon 9 Block 5]]
| launch_site        = Kennedy Space Center, [[Astronomy:Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A|LC-39A]]
| launch_contractor  = SpaceX

| recovery_by        = 
| landing_date       = 
| landing_site       = [[Earth:Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic Ocean]]

| orbit_reference    = [[Astronomy:Geocentric orbit|Geocentric orbit]]
| orbit_regime       = [[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|Low Earth orbit]]
| orbit_inclination  = 51.66°
| apsis              = gee

| docking            = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
  | docking_target   = [[Astronomy:International Space Station|ISS]]
  | docking_type     = dock
  | docking_port     = ''Harmony'' forward or [[Astronomy:Zenith|zenith]]
  | docking_date     = 
  | undocking_date   = 
  | time_docked      = 14 days (planned) <ref name="Axiom-2"/>
  }}

| insignia           = 
| insignia_caption   = 
| insignia_size      = 200px

| crew_photo         = 
| crew_photo_caption = 
| crew_photo_size    = 300px

| programme          = '''[[Company:Axiom Space|Axiom Space missions]]'''
| previous_mission   = [[Astronomy:Axiom Mission 1|Axiom Mission 1]]
| next_mission       = Axiom Mission 3

| programme2         = '''[[Engineering:SpaceX Dragon 2#Crew Dragon flights|Crew Dragon flights]]'''
| previous_mission2  = [[Engineering:Polaris Dawn|Polaris Dawn]]
| next_mission2      = [[Engineering:SpaceX Crew-6|SpaceX Crew-6]]
}}

'''Axiom Mission 2''' (or '''Ax-2''') is a planned [[Company:SpaceX|SpaceX]] Crew Dragon mission to the [[Astronomy:International Space Station|International Space Station]] (ISS), operated by SpaceX on behalf of [[Company:Axiom Space|Axiom Space]]. Its first two crew members have been announced in May 2021.<ref name="Axiom">{{cite web|url=https://www.axiomspace.com/press-release/ax2|title=Record-holding astronaut Peggy Whitson and mission pilot John Shoffner to lead Axiom Space's Ax-2 mission to enable new research in space|publisher=Axiom Space|date=25 May 2021|access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref> In December 2021, NASA confirmed that the mission would fly on a Crew Dragon between fall 2022 and late spring 2023.<ref name="Axiom-2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-second-private-astronaut-mission-to-space-station|title=NASA Selects Second Private Astronaut Mission to Space Station |publisher=NASA|date=13 December 2021|access-date=14 December 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

The crew will include former [[Organization:NASA|NASA]] [[Astronaut]] Peggy Whitson as mission commander and John Shoffner as pilot.<ref name="SFN20210525">{{cite web|last=Harwood|first=William|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/05/25/whitson-to-command-planned-commercial-flight-to-space-station/|title=Whitson to command planned commercial flight to space station|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=25 May 2021|access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref> It was confirmed on 2 June 2021 that the mission would use a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f9c4976896349619c5b3d7b/t/60b6b13c89f61a4b7bc6dd9c/1622585660068/Axiom_SpaceX_2June2021.pdf |title=Axiom Space signs blockbuster deal with SpaceX through 2023 to fly three additional Axiom private crew missions to ISS |publisher=Axiom Space |date=2 June 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>

The winner of the reality TV show of Discovery ''Who Wants to Be an Astronaut?'' could join this crew.<ref name="SN20210525">{{cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/whitson-to-command-second-axiom-space-mission/|title=Whitson to command second Axiom Space mission|publisher=SpaceNews|date=25 May 2021|access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref>

== Crew ==
=== Prime crew ===
{{Spaceflight crew
| crew        = Prime crew
| terminology = Astronaut

| position1   = Spacecraft commander
| crew1_up    = {{flagicon|USA}} Peggy Whitson
| flights1_up = Fourth

| position2   = Pilot
| crew2_up    = {{flagicon|USA}} John Shoffner
| flights2_up = First

| position3   = Mission Specialist 1
| crew3_up    = TBA
| flights3_up = 

| position4   = Mission Specialist 2
| crew4_up    = TBA
| flights4_up = 
}}


== References ==
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{{Crewed ISS flights}}
{{Dragon spaceflights}}
{{Future spaceflights}}
{{Space tourism}}

[[Category:Future human spaceflights]]

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