Axiom Mission 2
| Names | Ax-2 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Private spaceflight to the ISS |
| Operator | |
| COSPAR ID | 2023-070A |
| SATCAT no. | 56739 |
| Website | axiomspace |
| Mission duration | 9 days, 5 hours, 26 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Freedom |
| Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 4 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 21 May 2023, 21:37:09 UTC (5:37:09 pm EDT) |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 B1080-1 |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC‑39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | MV Megan |
| Landing date | 31 May 2023, 03:04 UTC |
| Landing site | Gulf of Mexico |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Harmony zenith |
| Docking date | 22 May 2023, 13:12 UTC |
| Undocking date | 30 May 2023, 15:05 UTC |
| Time docked | 8 days, 1 hour, 53 minutes |
Axiom Mission 2 patch From left: Whitson, Shoffner, AlQarni and Barnawi | |
Axiom Mission 2 (or Ax-2) was a private crewed spaceflight operated by Axiom Space. Ax-2 was launched on 21 May 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9, successfully docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on 22 May. After eight days docked to the ISS, the Dragon crew capsule Freedom undocked and returned to Earth twelve hours later.
Ax-2 was the second Axiom mission after Axiom Mission 1 in April 2022 and the third private crewed SpaceX Dragon mission.