Ax-2 Mission: In-Flight Crew Update from Earth Orbit | SpaceX

Ax-2 Mission: In-Flight Crew Update from Earth Orbit | SpaceX

This was the first live, on-orbit update from the Ax-2 crew. Crew starts talking at 9 minute and 30 seconds mark.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the “Freedom” Crew Dragon spacecraft for Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on May 21 2023, at 5:37 ET.  The Ax-2 crew includes Commander Peggy Whitson (USA), Pilot John Shoffner (USA) and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni (Saudi Arabia) and Rayyanah Barnawi (Saudi Arabia). The “Freedom” Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the International Space Station on May 22, 2023, at 9:24 EDT. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1080) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral. The “Freedom” Crew Dragon spacecraft previously flew the SpaceX Crew-4 mission.

Axiom Space’s Ax-2 mission is the second all-private human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station. The Ax-2 crew will participate in educational outreach and conduct innovative research experiments while on the orbiting laboratory.

Credit: SpaceX

Duration: 18 minutes

Release Date: May 21, 2023

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