SpaceX/Axiom - Falcon 9 - Axiom 3 - LC-39A - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Livestream

Axiom Mission 3 (or Ax-3) is a planned private spaceflight to the International Space Station. The flight, scheduled to launch on January 17, 2024, and expected to last about 14 days, will be operated by Axiom Space and use a Crew Dragon spacecraft. All four members of the crew have backgrounds as military pilots. Michael López-Alegría will be the commander as an employee of Axiom; Walter Villadei from the Italian Air Force will be the mission pilot. The mission specialists are Alper Gezeravcı, who will be the first astronaut from Turkey, and Swedish Marcus Wandt, who is the first member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group to receive a spaceflight mission. It is also “the first commercial spaceflight mission for an ESA-sponsored astronaut“. Wandt’s mission component is called “Muninn“ as it will overlap with fellow Danish ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s mission – “Huginn“. The launch is scheduled for no earlier than January 17, 2024, 5:11 p.m. EST, 22:11 UTC, 23:11 CET, January 11). For the first time, SLC-40 will be used for a crewed launch from the newly erected launch tower, which serves for crew access (Crew Dragon) and cargo (Cargo Dragon), which were done in the past from LC-39A of the Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX has 24 two-launch complexes available for such kinds of launches. As always, crewed missions can be shifted in dates and times depending on launch conditions and space station readiness.