Axiom Mission 5

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Axiom Mission 5
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Artists' impression of a Crew Dragon approaching the forward port of Harmony on the ISS.
NamesAx-5
Mission type Private spaceflight to the ISS
Operator
Mission duration14–21 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Crew Dragon
ManufacturerSpaceX
Crew
Crew size4
Members
  • TBA
Start of mission
Launch dateNET May 2026 [1] [2]
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch site Kennedy, LC‑39A or Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40
Contractor SpaceX
End of mission
Recovered by MV Megan or MV Shannon
Landing site Pacific Ocean (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric orbit
Regime Low Earth orbit
Docking with ISS
Docking port Harmony Zenith
Axiom Space missions

Axiom Mission5 (or Ax-5) is a proposed private spaceflight to the International Space Station operated by Axiom Space and use a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The flight would launch no earlier than May 2026 [2] and last about two weeks.

Crew

The mission will carry a professionally trained commander and three private astronauts. [3]

The Czech government had signed a memorandum of understanding with Axiom in 2024 to launch the first Czech astronaut, ESA astronaut Aleš Svoboda, on a future mission as part of the "Czech Journey to Space". [4] Just a week later the Portuguese government announced that they had also signed a similar memorandum, although there is no active Portuguese astronaut in the ESA astronaut corps. [5]

However, the British government also announced that they were planning on buying all four seats on an upcoming Axiom mission for astronauts Meganne Christian, Rosemary Coogan, John McFall, and Timothy Peake. Both crew and specific mission are yet to be confirmed. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Polak poleci w Kosmos. Podano datę misji". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 "SAM.gov". sam.gov. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Jones, Caleb. "Falcon 9 Block 5". Space Launch Now. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 Parsonson, Andrew (6 September 2024). "Czech Government Signs Agreement with Axiom for Astronaut Mission". europeanspaceflight. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Axiom Space, Portuguese Space Agency, and ANI Sign MoU to Ignite Era of Space Innovation at New Space Atlantic Summit". Axiom Space . Retrieved 27 August 2025.
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