Axiom Space is ready to send the second-ever all-private crew to the International Space Station (ISS). The international crew of Axiom-2 (Ax-2) will fly onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is scheduled for May 21 at 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center. This mission will make history with its crew and the rocket launching them toward the ISS. The booster launching this crew will be B1080 on its first flight. Marking the first time SpaceX is returning a booster to a landing zone on a crew mission, B1080 is set to conduct a return to launch site landing, landing at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1), located on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. All previous crewed missions landed on drone ships located in the Atlantic Ocean. According to William Gerstenmaier, the vice president of build and flight reliability at SpaceX, this will be standard practice for crew missions for the foreseeable future. During a media teleconference, Gerstenmaier said the decision was made as a result of the performance seen on Starlink launches. See AlsoAxiom-2 UpdatesSpaceX Missions SectionL2 SpaceX SectionClick here to Join L2 “We’ve always…
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SpaceX to launch Axiom-2, carrying four astronauts to the ISS
