Falcon 9/Crew Dragon: Axiom Ax-3


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Axiom Space commercial crew mission to ISS

 

Date: NET January 10, 2024

Time: TBD

Pad: possibly LC-40 (per Space News), inaugural crew mission.

This would give SpaceX two pads capable of launching crew or cargo Dragon. The tower was built this summer.

Recovery: LZ-1

Crew

Commander: Michael López-Alegría (6th flight)

Pilot: Walter Villadei, MDD (2nd flight)

Mission Specialist 1: Alper Gezeravcı [fr], TSA 

Mission Specialist 2: Marcus Wandt, SNSA / ESA
 

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More about a potential launch from LC-40. This was an embedded in an article about Starliner's delays

https://spacenews.com/starliner-on-track-for-april-crewed-test-flight/

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[…] McAlister confirmed that SpaceX and Axiom Space are in discussions about launching the Ax-3 private astronaut mission from [...] SLC-40 where SpaceX is completing construction of a crew and cargo access tower. Ax-3 is scheduled to launch as soon as Jan. 10, and going from SLC-40 would allow Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lunar lander mission to launch Jan. 12 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, [...]

 

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