flown by SpaceX USA

Ax-3

Success
JAN 18202421:49:11 UTC

Axiom Mission 3, launching on Crew Dragon. 21-day commercial flight of four astronauts to the ISS.

The crew consisted of commander Michael López-Alegría of Axiom Space, pilot Walter Villadei of Italy, and mission specialists Marcus Wandt of ESA/SNSA and Alper Gezeravcı of Turkey - the first Turkish citizen to reach space.

launched from LC-39A Kennedy

aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-291 into LEO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

Ax-3 · Launch Open on X

Booster

B1080.5

Landed on ground pad · LZ-1

Payload

Ax-3 (Crew Dragon C212-3 Freedom)

Private spaceflight

Crew · 4

  • 01 Michael López-Alegría from USA
  • 02 Walter Villadei from Italy
  • 03 Marcus Wandt from Sweden
  • 04 Alper Gezeravcı from Turkey