AX3 is Axiom Space's third private crew rotation to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The crew consists of commander and former NASA astronaut Michael LópezAlegría, pilot Col. Walter Villadei of the Italian Air Force, Turkish mission specialist Alper Gezeravci, and ESA astronaut Marcus Wandt of Sweden

Instantaneous launch attempt on January 17th at 4:49PM EST (21:49 UTC)

Mission: F9 launch of Axiom3 with Crew Dragon Freedom to the International Space Station
Launch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth.
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit, 51.6 degree inclination
Booster: B10805; 87d 19h 54min turnaround
Booster history: Axiom2, Euclid, Starlink Group 611, and Starlink Group 624
Booster recovery: Landing Zone 1 (LZ1)
Capsule: C2123 (Freedom); 231d 19h 7min turnaround
Capsule history: Crew4 and Axiom2
Capsule recovery: Megan or Shannon
Rocket trajectory: Northeast hugging the east coast of the United States
Stubby nozzle: NO
Mission Commander: Michael LópezAlegría (United States, Spain) 6th spaceflight
Mission Pilot: Walter Villadei (Italy) 2nd spaceflight
Mission Specialist: Alper Gezeravci (Turkey) 1st spaceflight
Mission Specialist: Marcus Wandt (Sweden) 1st spaceflight
Stats:
· SpaceX's 6th launch of the year and the 6th launch of the month
· 271st Falcon orbital launch since Amos 6, F9's 290th orbital flight.
· SpaceX's 73rd launch from LC39A
· 34th landing on LZ1 out of 35 attempts
· 191st successful landing since the last failed one
· 43rd orbital flight of a Dragon spacecraft and 12th human spaceflight by SpaceX
· This mission will bring up to 46 the total of people sent by SpaceX to orbit

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