Human Exploration
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialThis is a Crew Dragon flight for a private company Axiom Space. The mission will carry a professionally trained commander alongside three private astronauts to and from the International Space Station. This crew will stay aboard space station for at least eight days.
Axiom Space provides human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station. The company sent its first commercial astronauts into orbit in 2022. It also plans human spaceflight for government-funded and commercial astronauts engaging in in-space research, in-space manufacturing, and space exploration.
Apr 8, 2022 — ongoing
Orbital Attempt
#6,443
SpX Mission
#248
Pad Launch
#161
Location Launch
#219
Designator
2023-070
Weather GO
60%
May 21, 2023, 9:37 PM
Second
1 update
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
May 21, 2023, 5:37 PM
Total Launches
281
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
28.5242, -80.6508
