That expectation is still in place for the third flight in the series, Axiom-3, which could launch as early as this fall. What's next for Axiom Space?Īfter opening the ISS to commercial activities and selecting Axiom as the organizer of the first two privately funded missions, NASA required the company to fly a former NASA astronaut as each mission's commander.
Accompanying the crew on the return trip were the results of those experiments and over 300 pounds of cargo. While in space, the crew "executed over 20 STEAM outreach engagements and over 20 different experiments, as well as eight media events," according to a statement by Axiom. Her record now stands at 674 days in space, and with Axiom-2, she became the first woman to command a private spaceflight mission. After retiring from NASA in 2018 as the record holder of the most time in space by an American, she joined Axiom Space as its director of human spaceflight. Whitson flew the mission as an employee of Axiom Space. View Gallery: SpaceX, NASA, and Axiom Space's Axiom-2 private mission to the ISS Report: NASA spends billions more than expected on SLS and Artemis missions Rocket launch schedule: Upcoming Florida launches and landings Less than 16 hours after liftoff, the capsule docked with the ISS on Monday, May 22, setting a SpaceX Crew Dragon record for the shortest amount of time between launch and docking. EDT, Sunday, May 21, from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A. The Axiom-2 mission, lasting just under ten days, began with launch of the Dragon capsule aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 p.m. The capsule was hoisted onto SpaceX's recovery vessel, "Megan," and 35 minutes after splashdown, the side hatch was opened to conclude the mission. "SpaceX, we would like to tell you that was a phenomenal ride," Peggy Whitson, Axiom-2 commander, said upon splashdown. The journey home for the crew of four lasted nearly 12 hours after departing the station Thursday morning in their Crew Dragon capsule named "Freedom." EDT splashdown near Panama City, Florida, wrapped up SpaceX's Axiom-2 mission coordinated by NASA and Texas-based private spaceflight company Axiom Space. Watch Video: Axiom Mission-2 farewell remarksĪfter plunging through the atmosphere late Tuesday, a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashdown off the coast of Florida concluded the second commercial mission to the International Space Station.
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